Tuesday 16th December: Spotted Redshank still
Misty first thing this morning; later overcast but calm and comparatively mild.
This afternoon on the meadow the SPOTTED REDSHANK was sitll present on the narrow strip of grass at the west end of the floods, best viewed from the west bank of the river, near the Perch. There were also 29 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS, 10 RUFF and 2 COMMON REDSHANK in the same area. The GOLDEN PLOVER roost contained at least 1200 birds this evening. There was a reasonable gull roost with at least 2 YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS. Unfortunately there was no sign of yesterday's two Bewick's swans.
After it was too dark to see I did some digiscoped videoing, using the light-compensated image on the camera screen to watch the gulls. I was amazed at how many more seemed to arrive as it got dark and there must have been several thousand birds present in total. Unfortunately the image wasn't really good enough to do much identification but it was a great revelation.
The spotted redshank with a ruff and two godwits © Adam Hartley
This afternoon on the meadow the SPOTTED REDSHANK was sitll present on the narrow strip of grass at the west end of the floods, best viewed from the west bank of the river, near the Perch. There were also 29 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS, 10 RUFF and 2 COMMON REDSHANK in the same area. The GOLDEN PLOVER roost contained at least 1200 birds this evening. There was a reasonable gull roost with at least 2 YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS. Unfortunately there was no sign of yesterday's two Bewick's swans.
After it was too dark to see I did some digiscoped videoing, using the light-compensated image on the camera screen to watch the gulls. I was amazed at how many more seemed to arrive as it got dark and there must have been several thousand birds present in total. Unfortunately the image wasn't really good enough to do much identification but it was a great revelation.
The spotted redshank with a ruff and two godwits © Adam Hartley