Sunday 8 October
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Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa |
A beautiful, warm and sunny day with hardly a cloud in the sky. A mid-afternoon walk at low tide saw jenny and I walking up the Hamble River to the conservation area and back. A good variety of birds to be seen despite the presence of many walkers.
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
Lots of Black-tailed Godwits, Teal and Ringed plovers plus at least seven Little Egrets. Shore waders included many Redshank, Dunlin and Turnstones with both a Curlew and Oystercatcher at the conservation area. Also in this area the resting Teal along with about fifteen wintering Wigeon.
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Wigeon Anas penelope |
Over to the back a small resting flock of Grey Plovers and near the house at the back of the meadow Carrion Crow, Jackdaw and Magpie. Just the one Woodpigeon but also a couple of Feral Pigeons.
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Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
Birds seen:
Wigeon, Teal, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Redshank, Turnstone, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Starling.
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Redshank Tringa totanus |
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Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula |
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Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula |
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Turnstone Arenaria interpres |
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Resting Teal Anas crecca and Wigeon A.penelope |
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