A little bit more on offer today with sunshine tempting a few weekend visitors into the field even if the constant blasting northwesterly took the edge off their enjoyment. To a great extent the list consisted of regulars resurfacing, with 4
Purple Sandpipers and singles of
Water Rail,
Short-eared Owl and
Firecrest at the Bill, 5
Red-throated Divers through off the Bill, the regular
Barn Owl at Southwell, the
Black Redstart at Chesil Cove and 10
Black-necked Grebes and a
Slavonian Grebe in Portland Harbour; a small change came in the form of a continuing steady increase in
Ringed Plovers at Ferrybridge - up to 44 today.
The resident birder-photographers at Southwell have been getting plenty of mileage out of the Barn Owl(s) regularly hunting there at dawn and dusk, with today's show a particularly good one © Nick Stantiford:
...and from a different angle © Debby Saunders:
