Little stint 1
Swallow 2
Jack snipe 1
Hen harrier 1 ringtail
Merlin 1
Spotted redshank 1
Greenshank 1
Grey plover 500
Sanderling 500
Knot 500
Dunlin 3000
Curlew 500
Year 244 (Shore lark)
I was delighted to find two Shore larks at the end of Millennium Ridge today, showing really well on the mussel beds. In the same area a Little stint. It was just a great day to be out on the saltmarsh, with thousands of waders on show, and decent flypasts of hunting Hen harrier and Merlin, the latter chasing a Snipe. The Swallows were just one day short of being my latest ever in the UK.
It was particularly pleasing to find the Shore lark, because they bring my total for the year to 244, which equals my previous best ever year, and still with over two months to go, and still lacking one or two relatively easy ticks which I could, with luck, pick up between now and the end of the year.
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