Brian Stretch
Well-known member
An early morning visit to Camp Lane Pits produced a juvenile Whinchat, juvenile Yellow Wagtail and flyover Meadow Pipit while a juvenile Wheatear was at Church Farm pool. These were all firsts for me this autumn and it was the first day since April where it felt as though there was some movement. Mike Bourne also found a Redstart at CLP later in the morning.
The only waders present were c20 Lapwings with no sign of yesterday's Ruff.
With July and August now behind us this is by far and away the worst wader passage in the 17 years I've been visiting. Totals for those two months are 2 Greenshanks (1 record), 2 Ruff (2 records), 3 Black-tailed Godwits (1 record) and 6 Dunlin (2 records) while numbers of Common and Green Sands have been pitiful with a max count of just 4 for the latter. I'm not aware of any Ringed Plovers this autumn. The last wader of any note that I saw was the Wood Sand on April 26th!
Along with no records to date of other interesting species we could hope for such as Garganey, passage terns & raptors, Med and Little Gulls it has been bitterly disappointing. Lets hope things improve this month.......
Brian
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Worcester Birding
The only waders present were c20 Lapwings with no sign of yesterday's Ruff.
With July and August now behind us this is by far and away the worst wader passage in the 17 years I've been visiting. Totals for those two months are 2 Greenshanks (1 record), 2 Ruff (2 records), 3 Black-tailed Godwits (1 record) and 6 Dunlin (2 records) while numbers of Common and Green Sands have been pitiful with a max count of just 4 for the latter. I'm not aware of any Ringed Plovers this autumn. The last wader of any note that I saw was the Wood Sand on April 26th!
Along with no records to date of other interesting species we could hope for such as Garganey, passage terns & raptors, Med and Little Gulls it has been bitterly disappointing. Lets hope things improve this month.......
Brian
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Worcester Birding