02 September 2012

Autumn's arrival

Another high tide, another trip to Goldcliff. Better numbers and variety as compared to Friday with 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1-2 Little Stint, 2 Sanderling, 1 Ruff, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Turnstone, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, 8 Greenshank, 175 Knot, 169 Black-tailed Godwit, 225 Ringed Plover, 18+ Snipe, 405 Dunlin, Barney the Barnacle Goose, 14 Pintail and 1 Wigeon.

A different, rather than better, mix of migrant passerines included Yellow Wagtail 6, Whinchat 1, Reed Warbler 1 and Lesser Whitethroat 1. And the numbers of Stock Dove feeding amongst the plastic bales had increased slightly to at least 29.

Classic Stock Dove habitat.

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