Saturday 13 June 2015

On the dropping early morning tide,  3 Little Egret,  the Slavonian Grebe, 385 Oystercatcher, a Grey Plover, three Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 46 Curlew, 4 Turnstone, 36 Sanderling and 22 Dunlin. At sea, 29 Common Scoter, 3 Fulmar, 15 Gannet, 12 Sandwich Tern, 30 Kittiwake, 13 Black-headed Gull, 10 (5 ad, 5 fs) Mediterranean Gull all flew south.  Overhead 4 Swift. A singing male Chaffinch again in the bushes, where otherwise the standard complement of mid summer passerines were in residence.

Wildlife News:

Brown Argus - Simon Thurgood 

Sand Lizard - Simon Thurgood