No sign of yesterday's Roseate Tern, but an increase in Sandwich Tern, with a minimum of 61 birds, 29 juveniles. Also present around the estuary, 251 Curlew, 73 Redshank, 45+ Mediterranean Gull, 22 Whimbrel, seven Dunlin, five Greenshank, four Bar and a Black-tailed Godwit, four Ringed, a Grey and the juvenile Little Ringed Plover.
Elsewhere 28 Sand and two House Martin and a Great Spotted Woodpecker flew along the Dune Ridge.
Ringing News: The start of autumn migration has seen a welcome increase in ringing recoveries, with eight Oystercatcher, including birds first ringed here as adults in Jan 1997, Nov 2000 (5C) and Sep 2004. The first bird is now at least 30 years old.
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| Oystercatcher 5C - Lee Collins |
Also recorded five Mediterranean Gull including an adult (yellow AT.LU) ringed on the German/Dutch border as a chick in Jun 2022 and seen here Jun-Sep 2023; and four Sandwich Tern including an adult (Red KJB) ringed as a juvenile at Ynyslas, Ceredigion in Aug 2018 and seen here for the eight consecutive autumn, a new bird (Blue TJJ) from Holland and a juvenile (Red 348) ringed at Lymington, Hampshire just a month ago.
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