Tuesday 12th August: Black Tailed Godwits
Raining heavily first thing, then brightening up though breezy.
The recent rain has topped up the floods nicely which were looking somewhat lack-lustre. Present this morning were: 10 RINGED PLOVER along the north channel, accompanied by 9 DUNLIN. Along the west shore a single REDSHANK and a LITTLE RINGED PLOVER with a second bird on the north channel. 4 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS flew in and landed close to Burgess Creek. There were 3 COMMON SANDPIPERS dotted about the place and just a single LITTLE EGRET. The COMMON TERNS still present with several juveniles amongst them.
juvenile islandica black-tailed godwit © Ian Lewington (digiscoped with a Nikon Coolpix)
The recent rain has topped up the floods nicely which were looking somewhat lack-lustre. Present this morning were: 10 RINGED PLOVER along the north channel, accompanied by 9 DUNLIN. Along the west shore a single REDSHANK and a LITTLE RINGED PLOVER with a second bird on the north channel. 4 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS flew in and landed close to Burgess Creek. There were 3 COMMON SANDPIPERS dotted about the place and just a single LITTLE EGRET. The COMMON TERNS still present with several juveniles amongst them.
juvenile islandica black-tailed godwit © Ian Lewington (digiscoped with a Nikon Coolpix)