Fairly 'quiet' day at minsmere, i say quiet but there was a total of 87 species seen by the group i went with which in my books is a good day.
Most species fairly common, my highlights were as follows;
- Several stonechats,
- Great black-backed gull (a first)
- Bittern flying (a first)
- Little stint (first)
- Common sandpiper
- Spotted redshank
- Dunlin (first)
- Curlew sandpiper (another first)
- Common scoter flock
- Marsh harrier - several
- Hobby - several
- Willow tit
seen by group but not myself;
- Bearded tit
- Pintail
- Red-footed falcon - has been around for about a week but eluded me!
Birds not seen at all that disapointed me;
- Redstart
- Flycatchers
- winchat
- Wheatear
- Terns
- Avocet
- Pipits
- Wagtails (minus a quick glimpse of one pied)
Also as we were leaving a
Deaths-head hawk moth was bought on to the reserve caught in a nearby garden!
All in all i had a good day, practising my wader ID mostly, will try and visit again in may next year to top the total to over 100 birds!
Thanks for the tips
