edenwatcher
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Another cracking day today with 52 spp. Actually more like afternoon as I spent the morning birding elsewhere. This afternoon there were stunning viewing conditions for looking out towards the estuary mouth - flat calm with no heat haze.
Yesterday's 3 red-throated divers were present again today, they even indulged in a bit of display. We also saw 3 slavonian grebes (unprecedented count), 2 of which came much further upstream than yesterday's bird. Several auks included 2 guillemots and 2 razorbills (76 for the year). Today there were 3 long-tailed ducks (1m2f) which gave very good views, well upstream and close in. A pair of pintail were right out towards the estuary mouth however.
Other titbits - a greenshank, 15 bar-tailed godwits, plenty of black-tailed godwits (some starting to show orange), 4 tree sparrows ...
Might write up my morning outing elsewhere.
Rob
Yesterday's 3 red-throated divers were present again today, they even indulged in a bit of display. We also saw 3 slavonian grebes (unprecedented count), 2 of which came much further upstream than yesterday's bird. Several auks included 2 guillemots and 2 razorbills (76 for the year). Today there were 3 long-tailed ducks (1m2f) which gave very good views, well upstream and close in. A pair of pintail were right out towards the estuary mouth however.
Other titbits - a greenshank, 15 bar-tailed godwits, plenty of black-tailed godwits (some starting to show orange), 4 tree sparrows ...
Might write up my morning outing elsewhere.
Rob