Monday didn't give that me much time out, but I did grab an hours wander along the footpath running through Allhallows (a large ex-private school in Rousdon) with Hawfinch in mind. Looks really good for them here, but none during my visit. It was nice to see heaps of thrushes though, including ten Mistle Thrush and plenty of settled Fieldfare and Redwing...
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| Fieldfare |
Tuesday was a completely different day. Rain, wind and more rain. This meant the Estuary gulls got my attention, and at 2pm the 300 Great Black-backed Gulls and 45+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls (including some cracking intermedius) were accompanied by two Yellow-legged Gulls, a second-winter and an adult...
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| Second-winter Yellow-legged Gull (middle bird) |
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| Adult Yellow-legged Gull (on right, with a Great Black-backed) |
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| Both Yellow-legged Gulls, the adult looks small here but it wasn't |
As you can see the adult was very clean headed, and a somewhat cute-looking bird, two features that meant my initial thought was Caspian Gull when I spotted it. Sadly this didn't go beyond an initial thought as it soon became apparent it was a Yellow-legged. Oh what I would do for an adult Casp here...
This morning the sun was out again, so Axe Cliff was the obvious place to go. Richard P joined me and we spent an hour or so on the cliff-edge before the westerly passage dried up. Amazed there were no Pigeons, maybe they've all gone through now? What vis mig there was included;
1 Grey Heron
1 Mistle Thrush
20 Skylark
3 alba Wagtail
60 Meadow Pipit
139 Chaffinch
1 Redpoll
10 Linnet
1 Greenfinch
2 Bulfinch
1 Reed Bunting
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| A vis mig Grey Heron! |
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| Incoming Grey Heron with Seaton Hole as a backdrop |
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