A nice day tour today
with a nice variety of wildlife. From raptors, to waders, to butterflies &
orchids.
We started the day with
excellent views of several Marsh Harrier, which are no at the height of
activity. Adults are feeding young & many juveniles are now on the wing. We
also had good scope views of 2 Red Kite, plus
Hobby, Kestrel & Buzzard.
We moved on to another
watchpoint & from here we saw more Marsh
harrier, plus 2 Grey Partridge, Yellowhammer & Whitethroat, the
first autumn Golden Plover also
passed overhead.
We then headed on to
Holme where we had excellent views of a very close SPOONBILL,
I was left ruing the fact the camcorder & camera were left at home! From
one of the other hides, there was a few Avocets,
plus I found a nice adult MEDITERRANEAN GULL
amongst the Black-headed Gulls. Also
here a nice roost of 30+ Sandwich Tern.
Wandering into the dunes
we were able to take in 3 species of orchid, "coccinae" Marsh
Orchid, lots of Marsh helleborine plus small numbers of Pyramidal orchid. Insects are still recovering
from the wet summer, but small no's of Ringlet,
Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Large White, Meadow Brown, plus single Comma & 2-3
Oak Eggar moths, & dragonflies; 2-3
Common Darter & 1 Ruddy Darter.
We then moved on to
Titchwell, a single Yellow Wagtail was
seen briefly, before we watched over 30+ Dunlin,
2 Knot, 3 Spotted Redshank, c10 Ruff, 2 Little Ringed Plover, plenty
of roosting Avocet. Then a little later 3 more
Golden Plover dropped in showing very well, partially still in
summer plumage. Then a lovely fly over of c70
Black-tailed Godwit, just as 2-3
young Marsh Harrier took to the sky.Then another returning species
of wader, again my first of the autumn a single Grey
Plover. The only disappointment was the lack of any sign of the
Roseate tern. The walk back produced another Hobby,
plus very brief views of Bearded Tit.
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