Holme
Hi everyone,
Great birdfair Friday & Saturday, inspired, so had to get out in the field yesterday.
Holme 0830 -1400 Low cloud, and heavy drizzle produced some overhead wader passage - 14 Greenshank, 5 Green Sand, 14 Whimbrel, 90 Snipe in sev groups, these all over heading west presumably going to go S or SW and inland when they reach the corner of the wash.
Also 2 Arctic Skuas over the sea, and 1 Pom Skua all ads, the Pom was not sporting tail feathers, but plumage adult and id'd on size/jizz whilst alongside one of the Arctics.
400 Oyks on the beach, 300+ Knot in flight, lots of Sanderling & 40 Bar wits on the beach all ads. Doesn't appear that arctic waders have had a good year, but time will tell.
Greenshank & Cn Sand on NWT pools plus NWT waren had a Garganey but had disappeared when I got there.
50+ Swift high presumably migrants now, few Swallows west but no numbers.
Will try to get up another evening this week after work - then it's off to Tiree for a week, where I am hoping to photograph Corncrake and find something good.
Cheers Chris