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Spring certainly picked up a pace last weekend as I made four visits on consecutive days. The weekend before started well in our first Little Ringed Plovers arriving. It didn't take them long to become territorial.
On Saturday morning our first Sand Martin came through over the plantation heading from the west. The highlight of the morning for myself & Paul was two Curlew that flew in over the main pit before landing in the A46 flash. Curlews are now a rare visitor at the pits, with only one record last year. The birds fed in the flash but moved on over night.
Sunday was count day which gave us four year ticks which were a Swallow, Dunlin (on flash), a Rock Pipit which Jon picked up in flight & a Ringed Plover.
Other sightings included 15 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 14 Mute Swan, 14 Greylag, 58 Canada Geese, 6 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 21 Gadwall, 139 Mallard, 41 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 89 Tufted Duck, 2 female Goosander, 21 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Red Kite, 14 Moorhen, 136 Coot, 4 Oystercatcher, 5 Lapwing, 8 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 57 Meadow Pipit, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Siskin, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay & 30 Linnets.
Mark found our first Wheatear on Monday which was great to see after work. An additional male was also found on Wednesday before both moved on overnight. Perhaps find of the weekend was Paul's seven male Brambling that landed together close to the main pit.
On Saturday morning our first Sand Martin came through over the plantation heading from the west. The highlight of the morning for myself & Paul was two Curlew that flew in over the main pit before landing in the A46 flash. Curlews are now a rare visitor at the pits, with only one record last year. The birds fed in the flash but moved on over night.
Sunday was count day which gave us four year ticks which were a Swallow, Dunlin (on flash), a Rock Pipit which Jon picked up in flight & a Ringed Plover.
Other sightings included 15 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 14 Mute Swan, 14 Greylag, 58 Canada Geese, 6 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 21 Gadwall, 139 Mallard, 41 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 89 Tufted Duck, 2 female Goosander, 21 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Red Kite, 14 Moorhen, 136 Coot, 4 Oystercatcher, 5 Lapwing, 8 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 57 Meadow Pipit, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Siskin, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay & 30 Linnets.
Mark found our first Wheatear on Monday which was great to see after work. An additional male was also found on Wednesday before both moved on overnight. Perhaps find of the weekend was Paul's seven male Brambling that landed together close to the main pit.
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