On the way to the shops this afternoon, I dropped into Chesil Cove in the hope of finding the female Black Redstart, which has been here for most of January. My first walk along the promenade revealed nothing, but on my return to the carpark, she popped up about 20 metres from my car.
As I was feeling lucky I decided to have a look to see what was about at Ferrybridge. Apparently there had been a Grey Plover there earlier in the day, but it was long gone when I arrived.
Highlights here though were 4 Bar-tailed Godwits, 100+ Mediterranean Gulls, a few Black-headed Gulls and several Herring Gulls on the sandflats, whilst out in the Fleet there were 10+ Red-breasted Mergansers, a Great Crested Grebe and 2 Cormorants.
Eventually I got to do some shopping and then stopped off at Hamm Beach on the way home. Unfortunately no Turnstones here, but I did come across a female Stonechat and more Mediterranean Gulls.
Birds Recorded:
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorant
10+ Red-breasted Merganser
2 Oystercatcher
4 Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-headed Gull
100+ Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Meadow Pipit
4 Pied Wagtail
1 Stonechat
Birds Recorded:
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorant
10+ Red-breasted Merganser
2 Oystercatcher
4 Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-headed Gull
100+ Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Meadow Pipit
4 Pied Wagtail
1 Stonechat
1 Black Redstart
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
A Great Crested Grebe in the Fleet
Under the road bridge was this Cormorant fishing.
A pair of Red-breasted Mergansers in the Fleet.
One of the two Oystercatchers feeding along the shoreline at Ferrybridge
A Bar-tailed Godwit feeding just beyond the Mediterranean Gulls
Five Mediterranean Gulls at Hamm Beach
Also at Hamm beach was this female Stonechat
Chesil Cove and just a few metres away from my car was this female Black Redstart.
Ted:
Ted still sporting his new raincoat. Well it was raining when we arrived at Chesil Cove.
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