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Richard's Pipit found on the golf course this afternoon was an
unexpected find. IG had returned to Rossall Point to check through the waders
on the receding tide and heard the bird call from the golf course. It was sat on the fairway by the
walkover style
before being flushed by golfers and it landed briefly in some
'rough'
before flying off SE. There was also another arrival of common migrants with good numbers of
Whitethroats, Sedge & Reed Warblers and a Hobby was over the water meadows in the evening.
Richard's Pipit
Offshore
31
Common Scoters east, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Red-throated
Divers east, 2 Manx Shearwaters west, 7 Gannets east,
5 Auk sp. east, 6 Sandwich Terns and 4 Common Terns.
Visible Migration:
6 Whimbrels north, 17 Swifts north-east, 6 Sand Martins north-east,
255 Swallows north-east, 18 House Martins north-east,
4 Yellow Wagtails east, 12 Tree Pipits north-east and 4 Redpolls east.
Grounded Migrants
3 Willow Warblers, 3 Garden Warblers, 15 Whitethroats, 10
new Reed Warblers, 15 Sedge Warblers, 3 Whinchats, 6
Wheatears, 2 Yellow Wagtails and 1 Richard's Pipit.
Richard's Pipit (right)
Whinchat
Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Others
170 Ringed
Plovers, 11 Whimbrels, 22 Turnstones, 350 Sanderlings, 1200
Dunlins, 30 Swifts, 1 Hobby and 4 Sand Martins.
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