July 7th. Fairly fresh south-westerly wind, partly sunny.
A moulting adult Redwing was trapped and ringed in East Dunes early morning. In recent summers there have been several other moulting adult Redwings trapped or seen here. An Osprey was over Croftmarsh late morning whilst there was a light southerly movement of Swifts and Sand Martins with a light arrival of waders from the north; Black-tailed Godwits, Redshanks and Dunlin. Around were 3 Marsh Harrier and a Barn Owl.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes resulted in 5 new birds: a Wren, a Whitethroat, 2 Dunnock and a Redwing; and a retrap Great Tit.
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| Moulting adult Redwing, ringed 7 July 2024. Photo - George Gregory |
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| Moulting adult Redwing, ringed 7 July 2024. Photo - George Gregory |
July 6th. Fresh westerly wind, with prolonged rain in morning, slowly drying out.
No sign of the Lesser Yellowlegs today but a good selection of waterbirds on Tennyson's Sands included 12 Spoonbill, Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 36 Black-tailed Godwit, 48 Redshank, 60 Lapwing, 60 Avocet and a Pintail.
July 5th. Mostly cloudy, with moderate south-westerly wind.
The Lesser Yellowlegs joined roosting Redshanks on Tennyson's Sands from around 0760 to 0840 hrs when it flew off south. Also there were Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Little Ringed Plover and 3 Greenshank. Offshore single Manx Shearwater, Red-throated Diver and Arctic Skua flew past. Swifts continued to head south.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes provided 14 new birds: 5 Chiffchaff, a Long-tailed Tit, a Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, a Blue Tit, a Goldfinch and 3 Dunnock; and 8 retraps: 6 Long-tailed Tit, a Blue Tit and a Great Tit.
July 4th. Sunny start, then mostly clouding over, with increasing south-westerly wind.
A Lesser Yellowlegs was discovered with roosting Redshanks on Tennyson's Sands late morning and showed very well. Also there were 15 Spoonbill, 20 Black-tailed Godwits and a Spotted Redshank. Offshore there was a light movement of returning waders and Terns, and 100 Swifts went south.
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A morning ringing session in East Dunes produced 17 new birds: 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Wren, 2 Blackcap, a Linnet, a Blue Tit, 4 Whitethroat, a Great Tit and 3 Dunnock; and 5 retrap Long-tailed Tit.
July 3rd. Early morning rain and remaining cloudy and damp.
Both ringtail Hen Harrier and Montagu's Harrier were seen along with a Marsh Harrier from the Wash Viewpoint during the morning. 50 Common Scoter were offshore with several Sandwich Terns. On the lagoons Redshanks were starting to build up at roost with 71 along with 2 Greenshank, a Spotted Redshank and 27 Black-tailed Godwit. A Common Sandpiper was along the river. Other birds around included Cuckoo, Peregrine and 30 Sand Martins.
July 2nd. Early morning rain, gradually drying out, cloudy, with fairly light variable wind.
Some more Swifts headed south, the Montagu's Harrier showed well with 2 Short-eared Owls close by and a Spotted Redshank was on Tennyson's Sands.
July 1st. Cloudy, with increasing westerly wind, and some rain later.
A moderate number of Swifts went south. An unseasonal Osprey flew west over the Fenland Lagoon and the Montagu's Harrier was reported again (per Birdguides). 11 Spoonbills flew towards the Haven.
The seventh session of CES was done this morning. The 15 new birds were 2 Wren, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Long-tailed Tit, a Robin, 3 Whitethroat and a Dunnock; and the 6 retraps were 2 Wren, a Dunnock, a Sedge Warbler, a Willow Warbler and a Blue Tit.
