2nd Feb. Would you
believe it, after my search for Song Thrush yesterday I had one feeding in the
garden this morning.
Sam and I had a three hour trip to the coast today which
began with a short sea watch from Seaton Sluice. We’d watched a Grey Heron flying in Seghill on the journey. Sam counted at least seven Little Auks and other sightings
included a skein of eight Brent Geese,
Fulmar, our first Kittiwakes,
Guillemots and Razorbill of the
year and a flock of Mallard. There seemed to be a lot of movement of Great Black-backed Gulls.
Turnstone
We walked to St Mary’s wetland where we found the likes of Teal and Gadwall. Flocks of Golden Plover and Curlew had been seen in the fields and our only raptor of the day was
a Kestrel hovering near the cliff
edge. There were numbers of Rock Pipits about. A large skein
of Pink-footed Geese had been seen
as they landed in the distant fields to the west of us.
It seems that high tides have changed the level of the sand in South Bay
In South Bay
we watched Sanderling, Turnstone, Dunlin
and Redshank before a brief but
heavy shower of snow fell on us. The
light was already starting to go. Very
few folk about today.
Dunlin
That Song Thrush must have followed you home, lol! Nice photos as usual.
ReplyDeleteAye, I was thinking I might have been followed.:-) I'm hoping the one today will hang around and give me a song. Unfortunately the light was going when I photographed the waders today.
ReplyDeleteThe shots are still quite close-up, so it makes up somewhat for the poorer light. Fingers crossed the Song Thrush makes a regular appearance in your garden, then you may be serenaded at some point, lol.
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