Donna Nook sightings

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20 Mar 2023 17:22 - 20 Mar 2023 17:24 #6697 by Mark Brandon
Highlights of a late afternoon walk at Donna Nook ;
Hen Harrier (2) male quartering saltmarsh then flew towards Grainthorpe;  + a ringtail later over pools and reeds.
Peregrine. Male plucked a wader off the foreshore and eat it on the beach..
Avocet; 10 flew into Pie's Hall pool
Grey Plover 2
Black -Tailed Godwit (c 30)
Bar- Tailed Godwit, possibly 400+ along the shoreline on the incoming tide with large number of Dunlin (c 500), Oystercatcher c 600, and smaller numbers of Knot (c 100) Very much estimated numbers.
Brent Goose c 80

Sadly no Alpine Swift's appeared overhead!
Mark



 
Last edit: 20 Mar 2023 17:24 by Mark Brandon.
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