Pallas's Warbler

Pallas's Warbler
Pallas's Warbler, Donna Nook 10th October 2010

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Some good raptor passage to the south, hence a juvenile Osprey at 1030, plus a Hobby, 2 Marsh Harriers, a Sparrowhawk and 4 Common Buzzards.   Additional non-moving raptors were another Sparrowhawk, a Peregrine and at least 9 Kestrels.   Swallows coming in from the shore totalled 600 north and 200 south, plus a further 500 feeding over the fields and dunes.   Also heading north were 56 House Martins, 12 Sand Martins and 2 Common Swifts.
 
Other birds of note were 5 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, 14 Whimbrels, 130 Oystercatchers, 10 Sandwich Terns, 11 Cormorants, 7 Teal, 2 Little Egrets, Grey Heron, 4 Common Whitethroats, 15 Willow Warblers, Turtle Dove and Grey Wagtail.

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