Main highlight of a visit to Ferrybridge this afternoon was my first Merlin of the year. Around about the size of a Mistle Thrush, it flew very fast along the edge of Chesil Beach just a few feet above the shingle. A great sight, but not for any small birds not keeping a wary eye out.
Birds Recorded:
Birds Recorded:
20+ Cormorant
1 Little Egret
8 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Merlin
12 Oystercatcher
1 Ringed Plover
25 Dunlin
4 Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Magpie
Carrion Crow
20+ Cormorants fishing in The Fleet
A Little Egret
There were 25 Dunlin and this lone 1st Winter Ringed Plover.
And just to show you how small Merlin's are, here is a photo of one sat on a handlers glove.