Tuesday 22 September 2020

22nd September 2020

 Weather: S force 2/3, later W 3/4   fog early.

A foggy morning when anything could turn up and 4 Chiffchaffs, 1 Goldcrest and a Wheatear did so, while passing species included 3 Grey Wagtails, 2 White Wagtails, 2 Goldfinches and 5 Starlings but other visitors were confined to larger species in the form of a calling Golden Plover, a female Pintail and 2 Snipe, one south of Middle and the other heard from the main island. There were 11 Brent, also 6 Common Scoter and a Red-breasted Merganser. Eleven Bar-tailed Godwits, 45 Ringed Plovers, 3 Little Egrets and 2 Grey Herons were among the shore birds

 photo SRW

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