Goodbye Glossy

Two days of Cetti's Warblering at Uskmouth produced the usual tonne of Cetti's plus Snipe, 10 Whimbrel, six Swift, two Grasshopper Warbler, five Lesser Whitethroat, 17 Whitethroat and two Lesser Redpoll.  The highlight though was non-avian, two Water Shrew showing well(ish) in a ditch on Thursday.

Post-Cetti's visits to Goldcliff produced the usual passage waders and passerines with maximum counts of 106 Ringed Plover, one Common Sandpiper, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, two Greenshank, one Spotted Redshank, 650 Dunlin, seven Whimbrel, three Swift, three White Wagtail, three Wheatear and one Whinchat.  The Glossy Ibis also put in appearances, in flight over the grasslands on Thursday, then at Goldcliff on the Friday before getting up and disappearing eastwards.  It later appeared at Slimbridge before heading south.  It was however, roundly trumped by an Egyptian Goose which flew around over the pill and grasslands with the Shelduck flock,... monster patch plastic!

The Glossy Ibis leaving eastwards, the final act of its 60 day stay having originally been found at Uskmouth on 29th February.