Peregrine looking for afternoon snack
Redstart location
White Wagtail
The pace picked up last week at the Salford Priors Gravel Pits with 67 species recorded over my three visits. Thursday saw we watching the Peregrine on the look out for an afternoon snack whilst the flock of Linnets were feeding in the Old Workings. A Great Crested Grebe was on Pophills pit whilst the first Blackcap of year was singing in front of me on the edge of the plantation.
Two weekend visits brought further new arrivals. My find of the weekend was undoubtedly a Common Redstart I found in the bottom meadow. The bird was sitting up in the hedgerow before diving for cover when spotting me. Jon then managed to re-locate the bird but it was very difficult to get a digiscope image due to the wind and distance.
On the main pit a White Wagtail graced the east shore whilst elsewhere there was a Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper and a Dunlin (also appeared on Pophills).
We flushed a male Wheatear on the viewing area of Snipe meadow whilst a Redshank and two Little Ringed Plover joined the regular Meadow Pipits and Skylarks. Our site Jack Snipe was in it's normal spot, perhaps it's last appearance before heading to its breeding grounds.
Other migrants included 17 House Martins and two Willow Warblers.
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