Author Archives: Val Jones

45 Swifts & 2/3 Lesser Whitethroats.

Not much reported today, just 2 Hobbies and a Reed Warbler in Hide Lane.

2 Shelduck, a Little Egret, 13 Ringed Plovers, 12 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling, 2 Whimbrel, 24 BHGulls, an Arctic Tern 0750-0830, 2 Ravens, 1 or 2 Reed Warblers Carr Pond, a Lesser Whitethroat. A Peregrine took a wader, probably a Ringed … Continue reading →

A good day despite, and because of, the conditions; 3 Shelduck, 5+ Mandarins, 12 Gadwall, 4 Oystercatchers, 6+ LRPlovers, 3 Ringed Plovers had built up to 15 by late afternoon, 20 Dunlin a.m. also increased to a record-breaking 99 by … Continue reading →

3 Shelduck, 2 Hobbies, 4 Oystercatchers, 9 LRPlovers, 19 Ringed Plovers, 16 Dunlin, 1 Common Sand, 3 Whimbrel arrived 0940 with two remaining all day, a Cuckoo was singing from the Carr Wood area, 3 singing Willow Warblers still, 2 … Continue reading →

A Hobby, 4 Oystercatchers, 11 LRPlovers, 11 Ringed Plovers, 11 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Common Tern, 15 Swifts, 4 Garden Warblers.

2 Shelduck, 2 Goosander, a Red Kite SW, a Peregrine, 2 Hobbies together over South Hill, 4 Oystercatchers, 7 LRPlovers, 11 Ringed Plovers, 18 Dunlin still, same Sanderling, 3 Whimbrel arrived mid-afternoon, 1 Common Sand, 1 Common Tern, 1 Arctic … Continue reading →

2 Shelduck, 4 Oystercatchers, 9 LRPlovers, 8 Ringed Plovers, 18 Dunlin, a different Sanderling, 3 Common Sands, a 1stW Kittiwake flew NW at 0925, 1 Common Tern, 1 Arctic Tern in the afternoon, 4+ Swifts, singing Reed Warbler, 2 White … Continue reading →

2 Shelduck, 2 Ringed Plovers, 7 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling (first of year), 3 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, single White & Yellow Wagtails.

4 Shelduck, 4 Common Sands, 3 Dunlin, 9 Common Gulls, 3 Swifts, 1 Yellow Wagtail.