Today
I was guiding a group of four persons & fortunately was able to spend
some of my time around the patch!
I
had a round 30 minutes before picking up my group of 4 up, so I took the
opportunity to have half an hour on the North prom. Surprising what you
can manage in 30 minutes, a 1stwinter
Little Gull was just offshore & 3
Pintail flew east & there was enough birds along the shoreline to
warrant popping back with the group!
A
few minutes later I was back with the group, the shoreline held 200
Brent Geese, Bar-tailed Godwit, Knot, Turnstone, Sanderling &
Redshank. We were scoping the c50 Fulmars along the Cliffs
when everything went into orbit, the culprit was soon a visible - a very smart
male Peregrine. After attempts at a Feral Pigeon, a Redshank
& tangling with a Herring Gull he decided to hunt elsewhere. Another
addition was a lovely flock of c50 Snow Bunting flying along
the shoreline.
We
had a brief foray around Holme in rather poor weather, lots of Wigeon,
Teal & 2 Marsh Harrier & 100+ Curlew. The fields
nearby produced the highest count of Brown hares this year with 8 in
a field.
We
finished the day off back at Holme, with superb close ups of Kingfisher
& Barn Owl, plus 4 Marsh Harrier roosted & Chinese
Water Deer. Here's the Kingfisher video from today!
Chris
112 (sadly all via the minibus!)
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