Highlights were three Arctic Terns briefly 0850-55 and a female Redstart in the ‘shrike bushes’ just south of the main car park. Also 2 Mute Swans, Pink-footed Goose, 6+ Gadwall, 10 Teal, 2 Mandarins, 6 Common Sands, 2 Oystercatchers (sadly it appears the nesting pair have been predatedĀ almost atĀ the hatching stage), 3 Common Terns, c10 Swifts, 4 Sedge Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and the first Garden Warbler of the year singing & showing well in bushes adjacent to the public hide. This becomes the 136th species recorded at Ogston so far this year.
Ogston Sightings
- Tuesday 16th July 2024
Blackcap, Black-headed Gull, BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (22), Common Gull (1), Common Sandpiper (2), Kingfisher, Lapwing (11),…
- Monday 15th July 2024
Common Sandpiper (2), Common Tern (3), Garden Warbler (1), Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron (15),…
- Sunday 14th July 2024
BLACK TERN (1), Common Sandpiper, COMMON SCOTER (1M), Common Tern, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lapwing (11),…
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