Monday, 11 August 2025

Monday 11th August

An adult Spoonbill, just the second record this year, was a new arrival on Finger Point over the morning high tide, although it may only have travelled down river. 

Spoonbill - Lee Collins

Three Little Ringed Plover, an adult and two juveniles in the estuary, included a couple of new birds with counts including 109 Ringed Plover47 Dunlin41 Sandwich and 12 Common Tern14 Shelduck12 Greenshank, six Bar-tailed Godwit and single Grey PloverSanderling and Turnstone.

Little Ringed Plover (juvenile) - Lee Collins

Spoonbill - Dave Jewell

Grey Plover - Dave Jewell

Elsewhere the first Whinchat of the year, a juvenile, on Warren Point was the pick of very few passerine migrants. 

Year list addition: 
160. Whinchat


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