A short visit to SS to check the high tide roost finding, 105 ringed plovers, 1 dunlin, 2 turnstones and a few gulls. Further west by the Sportsman, a wheatear next to the huts.
24th
A very short visit as it was very hot, c.29 deg C, I saw230 black-tailed godwits, 9 egrets and 2 g.c.grebes
Birdfair for 2 days
Bank Holiday weekend (6 days)-
TALL SHIPS regatta at Blyth, Northumberland
31st Aug.
A day out to Wingham Wildlife Park with the grandsons, much better value than the Gorrilla parks, more to see as well.
Humboldt's Penguin
Checking the underparts
Ring-tailed Lemurs
Blue and Yellow Macaw
1st September
Some birding at last after nearly two weeks and a visit to Seasalter as usual. Seemed very quiet plus everywhere was so dry and parched. The tide was well in towards the beach but not much on the waders front to see, 5 egrets, curlew and oystercatchers plus loads of gulls and a merlin over the sea going west. On the plots 2 stonechats, 1 sedge warbler, reed warbler, cetti's and 2 chiffs, just 2 swallows, no other hirundines.
Moved up to the LNR where I saw 3 wheatears and 3 whinchats, I only had my tiny camera so no 'proper photos'. Lots of small heath butterflies, 1 com, blue, 1 meadow brown and whites, I only noticed 1 hawker darting about.
3 Wheatears and Whinchats on the wall.
2nd September
Just an hour along the wall with the big camera to catch up with the chats which finally showed after patiently waiting for them! There were four wheatears and one whinchat this morning,
Wheatear
Whinchats
Small Heath
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