An early autumn pulse of sterna Terns came through at about 9.00 am 16 Adult Common Terns with more surprisingly a single first-summer Arctic Tern, the flock appeared over the dam then flew off strongly west before I could get any shots of the hyperactive and generally infrequently seen first-summer Arctic...
Waders were restricted to 5 Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers; 14 Yellow-legged Gulls (5 adults, 1 4th calendar year, 2 2nd calendar years, and 6 3rd calendar years); an adult Hobby over the model farm harassing Swallows added a touch of dash and class to proceedings as they always do; 4 Red Kites was a good count; a male Cuckoo was also at the model farm, a single Turtle Dove at the lagoons and the first three juvenile Yellow Wagtails along the dam were welcome sights. A second brood of 9 Gadwall ducklings at the lagoons looked to be doing well.
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