Wednesday, 14th August 2013

A Bee-eater was found at the Nature Park this morning, a first record for the obs, whilst packing up after a ringing session. It was heard to call three times while packing away a 40`net in the reedbed, luckily it was soon located hawking insects over the far side of the pool and adjacent grassland. It seemed to appear with Swifts and Hirundines when the cloud broke and the sun came out. It was watched for 2 minutes before it became vocal, gained height and drifted off high SSE at 0820.
 
 Bee-eater

Offshore 
60 Common Scoters west, 3 Eiders, 5 Gannets, 135 Sandwich Terns and 7 Common Terns.
 
 Common and Sandwich Terns

Visible Migration
1 Bee-eater briefly over the Nature Park before heading off SSE, 17 Swifts south, 3 Sand Martins south, 122 Swallows south and 23 House Martins south.

Grounded Migrants
5 Willow Warblers, 12 Whitethroats, 6 Sedge Warblers and 2 Wheatears.

Others 
1 Peregrine, 83 Ringed Plovers, 120 Lapwings, 4 Grey Plovers, 39 Sanderlings, 85 Dunlins, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Whimbrels, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Med. Gull.

Ringing
4 Reed Warblers, 6 Whitethroats, 1 Wren and 1 Dunnock.
 
 Whitethroat
 
 Brown Hawker

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