After a flying visit to the bank in Weymouth, it was a quick stop at Sandsfoot Castle for the divers and grebes seen there over the past few days. Unfortunately a strong south-easterly scuppered that plan and apart from an Oystercatcher on the beach and a Chiffchaff by the car that was it.
So next stop was Ferrybridge, where I came across a Great Northern Diver under the road bridge and then a Spoonbill which dropped in for a few minutes on the sandflats before heading off towards (presumably) Lodmoor RSPB Reserve..
Other highlights at Ferrybridge were a few more firsts for the year being a Little Egret, Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Mediterranean Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Birds Recorded:
1 Great Northern Diver
Cormorant
Shag
Ted:
Shag
1 Little Egret
1 Spoonbill
1 Spoonbill
4 Dark-bellied Brent Goose
100+ Ringed Plover
20+ Dunlin
2 Oystercatcher
2 Turnstone
Black-headed Gull
8 Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
100+ Ringed Plover
20+ Dunlin
2 Oystercatcher
2 Turnstone
Black-headed Gull
8 Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A Great Northern Diver in The Fleet
And my first Little Egret of the year at Ferrybridge
And below are a few photos and videos of a Spoonbill that landed in front of me at Ferrybridge.
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Four Dark-bellied Brent Geese head up the Fleet.
A Black-headed Gull watches the Ringed Plovers feeding on the sandflats.
A Dunlin feeding along the shoreline.
And a Turnstone heads off to another clump of seaweed in search of a meal.
This is the Oystercatcher at Sandsfoot Castle
An adult Winter Mediterranean Gull
And I believe this is a 3rd Calendar Year Mediterranean Gull
Record Breaker. Twenty Teds!!!!!!!!!