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Visits on the 8th (DB+ESCA), 10th (BSB,DB) and 12th (CJ) produced very little new and observations were mostly of the breeding pair of Swallows, Pied Wagtails and Blackbirds and the regular Meadow Pipits and Linnets, although there were 4 Little Egrets on both the 8th and 10th with a good record of 15 Whimbrel on the 10th, also sadly a dead Little Egret in Niffy bay that had obviously been there for some time. The Sandwich tern roost continues to build with over 200 on 12th, (
photo CJ).
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On 11th there was more to see with an adult male Stonechat on the island which sported a ring on the left leg, much the same as the breeding male at Red Rocks this year, surely too much of a coincidence. Two newly fledged Meadow Pipits were ringed after being picked up on the beach, along with a Linnet also a bird of the year. About 25 staff and students from the Birkenhead sixth form college made a visit to the obs.(DB,AEH,PSW) [684-29]
photos PSW
Visits on the 8th (DB+ESCA), 10th (BSB,DB) and 12th (CJ) produced very little new and observations were mostly of the breeding pair of Swallows, Pied Wagtails and Blackbirds and the regular Meadow Pipits and Linnets, although there were 4 Little Egrets on both the 8th and 10th with a good record of 15 Whimbrel on the 10th, also sadly a dead Little Egret in Niffy bay that had obviously been there for some time. The Sandwich tern roost continues to build with over 200 on 12th, (photo CJ).
On 11th there was more to see with an adult male Stonechat on the island which sported a ring on the left leg, much the same as the breeding male at Red Rocks this year, surely too much of a coincidence. Two newly fledged Meadow Pipits were ringed after being picked up on the beach, along with a Linnet also a bird of the year. About 25 staff and students from the Birkenhead sixth form college made a visit to the obs.(DB,AEH,PSW) [684-29] photos PSW
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