Peter Jones, "Hampshire Diary"
• Saturday, May 16, 2009 - Summer Plumaged Knot at Keyhaven.
Headed to Keyhaven, first thing this morning. Weather was cold and overcast, but the recent East Winds had swung round to Southerlies, and despite heavy rain when I set out, 30 minutes nearer the coast the sun was threatening to break. Also, quite bizarrely, there was a high tide, despite the BBC tide table stating it would be low tide in the morning! Not sure if the weather influences the height of the tide, or maybe the wierd double high tide that the Solent experiences was in play, but it didn't make too much difference to my morning. A good reason for me not to get into sailing though!
A few species I missed from last week's personal record attempt soon raised their heads!.. Curlew, Turnstone, House Martin, Goldfinch all found within an hour.
A near certain Arctic Tern over the first big lagoon didn't hang around, and emphasised how tricky fairly distant Terns in flight can be for me. Elsewhere, Waders were at a premium this morning. Eventually latched onto a few small gourps of Black Tailed Godwit.. the last group included a nice Summer Plumaged Knot which I got good views of before it flew. Not much else around, and Passerines were particularly thin on the ground, although there was a noticeable increase in Sedge Warblers since last weekend.
As I was leaving good numbers of Birders were streaming towards the lagoons.. Never a good sign! |
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