Tuesday, 27 April 2010

Saturday birding - Rob Hill

A few bits and pieces from today:

Ravenstone STW - 2m Wheatear, 1 of which was a lovely Greenland type, and 2 Yellow Wags.

Gallows Bridge Farm - 1 Curlew, 1 Lesser 'throat singing. I haven't been down here in a while, and the meadow by the entrance gate has been transformed, with several shallow pools with extensive muddy edges. It looks perfect for breeding waders - I hope the rest of the reserve looks as good.

Calvert tip - 26 Red Kites.

CMK - 1 splendid male WHINCHAT, surely one of the smartest of our summer migrants, and 1m 1f Wheatear.Willen - 26 Common Tern, 2 Common Sand, 3 LRP (Rob Hill)