Thursday 17th July: Godwit & Oystercatchers
This morning cooler and overcast though dry.
This morning on the Meadow there was a pick up in passage birds with 3 OYSTERCATCHERS on the grass close to the river to the west of the floods. There was also a single BLACK-TAILED GODWIT back in the usual place along the south shore (*). There was a single COMMON SANDPIPER near stint corner (*) together with 4 DUNLIN (3 adults and a juvenile). There was a single REDSHANK calling from the north cove (*). There were 6 LITTLE EGRETS on the floods and the COMMON TERNS were still about.
A dunlin on the floods © Steve Burch
(*) see map of place locations
This morning on the Meadow there was a pick up in passage birds with 3 OYSTERCATCHERS on the grass close to the river to the west of the floods. There was also a single BLACK-TAILED GODWIT back in the usual place along the south shore (*). There was a single COMMON SANDPIPER near stint corner (*) together with 4 DUNLIN (3 adults and a juvenile). There was a single REDSHANK calling from the north cove (*). There were 6 LITTLE EGRETS on the floods and the COMMON TERNS were still about.
A dunlin on the floods © Steve Burch(*) see map of place locations