9 April 2012

A few more migrants

A quick visit to the Otter Estuary yesterday (8 April) produced 1 Little Ringed Plover on the scrape, 1 Northern Wheatear by the cricket pitch, lots of Chiffchaff, several Blackcap, as well as 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Redshank and a Sparrowhawk. Also 3 Sandwich Tern flew west offshore. Strong south-westerlies and rain today severely hindered birding on land, but a very brief look at the sea produced c27 Manx Shearwater heading west and a pair Gadwall on the Otter.

Little Ringed Plover on the scrape at the Otter Estuary, 8 April 2012.

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