Avocet. Brian Rafferty.
I arrived at Conder Green yesterday morning to see 2 Common Tern evicting 2 Avocet - an excellent record for Conder Pool - from Tern Island, the Avocet disappeared behind the back side of the pool, but when I returned 5 hours later I found them in the creeks.
Other action on the pool, the solitary Black-tailed Godwit, a Great-crested Grebe, 2 Greylag, a Grey Heron, and Little Egret, a Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat were heard, and a few Sand Martin and 2 Swift were over the pool. On the Lune Estuary, 8 Eider and a drake Red-breasted Merganser hauled out were my only notes save several Shelduck sifting the mud on an otherwise deserted estuary, 4 Orange Tip butterflies seen in the area.
Dunlin (and a Ringed Plover) Brian Rafferty.
Probably up to 2,000 waders on Plover Scar at high tide, with my best estimates being, 1,650 Dunlin, 355 Ringed Plover, 2 Sanderling, 2 Turnstone, and 3 Little Egret. Walking along the headland, at least another 1,000 Dunlin flew by in five groups from Cockerham Sands towards Plover Scar, 4 Skylark and 3 Whitethroat noted.
Many thanks to Brian Rafferty for the images in this post, and to Antonio Puigg for the new header, all much appreciated.
Pete, that's a great amount of birds. I love the Avocets, fabulous.
ReplyDeleteA better days birding and weatherwise than I had in the Bowland Fells Pete.
ReplyDeleteI think I will have to come and see you, you always talk about seeing so many species!!
ReplyDeleteMaybe on my way to visiting Richard Pegler...
I wish you great observations all through the summer :)
Keep well Pete!
Fantastic!!! Beautiful header.. Nice post as always. many greetings from Madrid,,
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