Today was an absolute scorcher with the sun blazing down and drenching everything all day long. Highlights from the last few days have to be the quite significant rise in wader numbers at various sites. At Holes Bay there was a decent count of 80 Redshank, 45 Curlew, 19 Black-tailed Godwit and 9 Oystercatcher, interestingly also a Wigeon there too. At Lytchett Bay a great total of 12 Green Sandpiper, 44 Curlew, 17 Little Egret and 2 Black-tailed Godwit. A ringing session targeting on Nightjar in the north of the harbour was successful with a second year male being ringed.
Today’s Young Birders ID Course (a project kindly supported by the Cameron Bespolka Trust) capitalised on the excellent low…
Find out moreThe stiff westerlies built throughout the day with seemingly few birders venturing out. A lunch break birding jaunt…
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