19th and 20th March
The weather reverted back to the unpleasant, blazing
strong, cold winds of a few days ago but that didn’t stop the first Sandwich Tern of the year turning up
off The Links on the 19th; the Northern Harrier and
drake Smew were also still present
along with single Hen Harrier, Merlin and Peregrine.
Merlin, photo Larissa Simlik
The
lingering juvenile Glaucous Gull was
still present along with decent counts of 255 Golden Plover, 48 Sanderling and
278 Turnstone while passerines were again limited to just the 3 Woodpigeons,
single Stonechat and 7 Snow Buntings.
The
20th was almost a write off with very strong winds in the morning
turning into extremely strong winds in the afternoon, all the while with
vicious rain / hail squalls whipping through with the only birds of note
comprising the Glaucous Gull again, 5
Snow Buntings and a slight increase to 26 Linnets.
Stonechat, photo Larissa Simlik
Rock Dove, photo Simon Davies
Comments