Dave, Roger and I set of Cley
in Norfolk hoping for some movement on
the sea. When we arrived it looked quite
quiet but two Arctic Skua flew close to the shore as we were putting on coats
and our hopes were raised. It did turn
out to be relatively quiet, particularly as the wind dropped mid-morning. We did see a number of Gannets, three Fulmar,
eight Arctic Skuas and twenty Great Skuas.
There was also a steady movement of waders that included Oystercatcher,
Ringed Plover, Knot, Sanderling and Dunlin and there were three parties of
Common Scoter moved west. There had been
both Sooty and Manx Shearwaters and a Sabine’s Gull earlier but we had arrived
just a little too late. A surprise was a
pair of Swallow still feeding young in the shelter.
We decided to cut our losses
and move off Titchwell were we thought we would a least see plenty of
birds. We were not disappointed with
good number of waders on the Freshmarsh and Volunteer Marsh. The best were two juvenile Little Stints and
four Curlew Sandpipers that were with two groups of Dunlin. There was also a single Spotted Redshank and
Greenshank on Volunteer Marsh as we walked out to the sea.
The sea was pretty quiet with
just two Gannets, a party of Common Scoter moving west and two Eiders just off
shore. There were a few waders on the
beach but as the tide began to fall their numbers increased with plenty of
Oystercatcher, Knot, Sanderling, Bar-tailed Godwit and Redshank, with a few
Curlew and Turnstone.
Curlew on Volunteer Marsh
Curlew on Volunteer Marsh
As we walked back a number of
waders provided some good opportunities for photos and a got a number of nice
shots of the two Little Stints.
Black-tailed Godwit on Volunteer Marsh
Black-tailed Godwit on Volunteer Marsh
Juvenile Little Stint on the Fresh Marsh
Juvenile Little Stint on the Fresh Marsh
Juvenile Little Stint on the Fresh Marsh
Juvenile Little Stint on the Fresh Marsh
Juvenile Little Stint on the Fresh Marsh
First-winter Dulin on the Fresh Marsh
First-winter Dulin on the Fresh Marsh
We couldn’t find the reported
Little Gull and there was no sign of any Bearded Tits, although Dave did hear
one and him and Roger also heard a Cetti’s Warbler.
No comments:
Post a Comment