Ranarpsstrand was another story though. An skulking Acro in the ditch on the way to the car park was a surprise reed warbler. Wildfowl were present in reasonable numbers with 90 teal, 19 wigeon, three shoveler and four pintail. A 1K little grebe was a surprise, my first at the site. But it was the same story with waders here with just one greenshank, 24 golden plover and 18 dunlin. Over the blue sea a dark phase Arctic skua harassed a common gull. Then it was back to my domestic chores.
Hi Phil,
ReplyDeletePressure charts look pretty epic for next week! Shame i'm still limping around my largely bird less landlocked patch at the mo, instead of scoring rares on Fair Isle! Still i've ditched the crutches finally and am thrashing the home patch through the pain barrier at the mo, so i deserve a Wryneck at the least!