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| Yellow-legged Gull, Axe Estuary, 28/07/18 (Copyright T D Wright) |
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| Spotted Redshank, BHM, 29/07/18 (Copyright T D Wright) |
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| Peregrine, Axe Estuary,29/07/18 (Copyright T D Wright) |
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| Barn Owl,BHM, 29/07/18 (Copyright T D Wright) |
Apart from a distant
calidrid spotted by Ian McLean
on the estuary which wouldn't come close to Tower hide but looked like a
Sanderling to me, the best birds were the same gaggle as recently over the weekend. The predators put the throng into the air but when they settled it was still the
YL Gulls,
Spotted Redshank, Greenshanks and Green Sands that caught the eye.
Dunlin & Common Sand have remained plentiful, and
Med Gulls are still about ( I had a nice assortment of plumages off Spot On). Numbers of
House Martin were very high at Colyford Common, Stafford Marsh, Black Hole and Seaton Marshes; also along the beach! So a bit of movement took place but numbers of Sand Martin and Swallow remained low by comparison. Plenty of
Swifts about though. Once August arrives tomorrow we'll be expecting a gradual increase in wader species. I hope we don't get another rarity this year as the throng of twitchers tends to fill all the hides up. Just kidding!
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