20th-22nd June
Things have gone rather quiet over here. The winds are still easterly, we've had a bit of rain but its not really done much for our total of migrant birds.
The 20th produced a couple of new birds despite what I've said above, a female Black Redstart spent the day feeding around the Mill and on nearby fences, not quite the late June rare we were after but a nice bird all the same. The Quail or a new Quail was heard singing on and off at Brides for the best part of the afternoon, we're hoping for a repeat of last years breeding but we won't be saying much more than that for now!
The 21st was wet and fairly bird-free.
The 22nd was an improvement in both the weather and the birding. We saw our highest count of Arctic Terns for the year with 959 birds counted, an encouraging sign to say the least. Another two species of Tern were also seen during the day, a pair of Little Terns were displaying at the North end of the Links and a pair of Sandwich Terns were seen flying over Garso.
Lastly the ever fattening Common Whitethroat is still in Holland.
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