Weather: SW force 4, increasing 6 then WSW 4 early afternoon
An over the tide visit on a bright but blusty day was as expected quiet with waders being the main attraction. Another colour tagged Turnstone was added to our project today.
One of our flagged birds from spring 2024 was seen on the island this year after returning to the Arctic to breed and then coming back again. Not expected was a Dunlin caught for ringing, it is some time since we has ringed one here.
As usual Purple Sandpipers were keenly looked for and 6 were noted around the island.
Hilbre has the distinction of recording the first ever Greenland sighting of a UK ringed Purple Sandpiper. There were 72 Turnstones and 15 Dunlin recorded also 23 Ringed Plover, 30 Curlew, 28 Redshank and a single Knot. Five and a half thousand Oystercatchers were estimated as they gathered to roost on Middle and elsewhere. On the sea were 4 Common Scoters and 2 Shelduck while 150 Brent stayed around at the tide. In the quiet paddocks and gardens 2 male Blackbirds and a Song Thrush were noted with 2 Robins, 4 Wrens and a Dunnock.
Photos PSW
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