Richard's pipit 1
Great grey shrike 1
Snow bunting 2
Ring ouzel 1 female
Pied flycatcher 1
Hen harrier 1 ringtail
Merlin 2
Wheatear 1 1st winter
Goldcrest 10
Dark-bellied Brent geese 50
Grey plover 20
Bar-tailed godwit 10
Year 242 (Richard's pipit, Great grey shrike)
A decent list for my first ever visit to Gibraltar Point, but for long periods it was quite tough going. The Richard's pipit and Great grey shrike were both flyovers, the pipit giving a characteristic call to clinch the id.
Snow bunting.
Wheatear.
Saturday, 19 October 2013
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