5th July: Oystercatchers & Plovers
Overnight some rain, this morning more windy with sunny intervals.
There were three smart OYSTERCATCHERS on the north shoreline of the floods this morning though they did not stay long. There were also 5 or 6 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER at "stint corner" and also 2 COMMON SANDPIPERS (WoM). A HOBBY flew over briefly harrying the birds in the flooded grass though it didn't catch anything. There were the usual COMMON TERNS and 5 LITTLE EGRETS still.
One of the terns © Peter Styles
There were three smart OYSTERCATCHERS on the north shoreline of the floods this morning though they did not stay long. There were also 5 or 6 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER at "stint corner" and also 2 COMMON SANDPIPERS (WoM). A HOBBY flew over briefly harrying the birds in the flooded grass though it didn't catch anything. There were the usual COMMON TERNS and 5 LITTLE EGRETS still.
One of the terns © Peter Styles