Landguard Common NR

[mrs fish]

Tursiops2 and myself are going on Tuesday, I know it is short notice and a week day but if anyone else can make it that would be great

Here are a couple of sites that record the birds seen there and in the area

http://www.lbo.org.uk/89970.html

'Felixstowe Birding'. -> Birding the Felixstowe peninsular

[mrs fish]

Todays report

For what seems like the first time in days the sun came shining through and with it streams of migrant finches and larks. Pride of place a calling Woodlark flew south, also 260 Goldfinch, 140 Greenfinch, 43 Chaffinch, 44 Meadow Pipit, 26 Linnet, 16 Skylark, seven Siskin, four Reed Bunting and three Lesser Redpoll. Swallow passage returned with five heading south, while unlikely migrants, three Mistle Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Water Rail were seen. Very little movement at sea with a Goldeneye, Wigeon and ten Brents being the sum total. On the beach at high tide a good count of 124 Ringed Plover.

31 birds ringed.

Hope it will be as good on Tuesday

[mrs fish]

We had a good day, saw my first peregrine

It wasn't very good for migrants as the weather was far too nice but we saw a good variety of other birds, we were told to look out for a "Desert Wheatear" as one had possibly been seen the day before!