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| Author: | Katherine Birkett [ Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RSPB Freiston Shore, 05/08/07 |
Thanks first of all to the two people that let me look through their telescopes! Little Terns provided me with another tick to my list! A few Common Terns were around. Didn't see the Curlew Sandpiper. EXTREMELY impressed with the very dense metropolis of Knot that greeted me when I poked the bins out of the hide for the first time - there must have been thousands!!! There were Turnstone, Redshank, Grey and Ringed Plovers mixed in. Lots of Oystercatchers too, in almost equivalent numbers to the Knot. Beautiful Black-tailed Godwits were present. 2 Cormorants stood preening themselves for a while, sometimes adopting the 'spread wings' posture. Lots of the Black-headed Gulls have lost their black heads, so now I guess they're just Headed Gulls! Lots of Herring Gulls too, with Juveniles in tow. Other notables - Canada Geese (with young), 2 Greylag Geese, 5 Tree Sparrows, Swallows, Mallards, Starlings and Greenfinches. What did surprise me is that during the 3 hours I was there, I didn't see a single Avocet. Presumably they have migrated now? STAR PERFORMERS OF THE DAY: Definitely the flock of Knot! |
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