Pec Sandpiper by Steve Seal
Pec Sand by Rich Dawkins
Dave and I had 15 Yellow Wagtail and 10 Meadow Pipits as we walked out to toft bay and soon relocated yesterdays Pec Sandpiper feeding happily along the shoreline in toft bay with a Dunlin and Ringed Plover for company so we soon had the news out.
It wasn’t long before the Bumbling Bears, Steve & Chris, Mick, Dave, Di and a few others arrived and while some got to work on photography we managed 3 Wigeon, juvenile Shelduck, Kingfisher, Great-spotted Woodpecker with a few House Martin and Swallow still feeding over Thurlaston village. Unfortunately we had left by the time 3 Curlew Sandpiper arrived.
After breakfast and a Raven over the Princethorpe flyover we decided that the 2 Spotted Flycatcher at Brandon Marsh should be given a miss choosing instead to look at Napton on the Hill for migrants.
By the time we arrived the cloud cover had increased and the cool north east wind had got up so we struggled to see anything on the north side or in the quarry but the south east corner of the churchyard was very productive with 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff amongst a very large tit flock and in the adjacent valley at least 10 Raven were dotted about. Also present were 20 Swallow and 10 Meadow Pipit heading south, a couple of Buzzard, 10 Mistle Thrush and Sparrowhawk. The nearby Napton Reservoir had 2 Reed Warbler and 2 Pochard seen by the Bumbling Bears.
Back home and by late afternoon there was a bit of migration over the garden with 20 Meadow Pipit, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Swallow and 3 Sand Martin heading south so next few day is going to interesting and busy.
Richard
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