Monday 14 January 2013

Bad Weather Dunlin

14th January - there had been several reports of Brent Geese at various localities in the morning, so on my lunch break, I checked the pit quickly.  No Brents, but as is often the case in inclement weather a couple of Dunlin had appeared on the spit.  Also of note were 55 Snipe - these birds were grouped together on 2 or 3 of the small islands that is slowly returning to a solid spit and there may well have been 1 or 2 more hidden on the far sides.

The snow began falling quite heavily, so it became difficult to see too much, but a Dabchick on the far side beyond the spit and a calling Chiffchaff near the railway were both new birds for the year, as was a Grey Wagtail flying over the car park.

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