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BS




Friday, October 21, 2022

Match Abandoned Again.

With thick fog on a light E>2 yet again up here in the gods today it was birding cancelled so I,ve done a review of the wader species I,ve had at Fly Flatts this year. A decent count of 18 species but 3 species from last year not found in 2022 with Ruff, Spotted Redshank and Grey Plover missing which I had in 2021 plus another year without bogey bird Curlew Sandpiper which I have,nt had locally since 29/9/1996 at Chelker reservoir.

Species this year were :-

Oystercatcher
Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover
Lapwing
Knot
Sanderling
Dunlin 
Snipe
Jack Snipe
Black Tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Curlew
Redshank
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Turnstone
                                               Curlew

                                                             Oystercatcher

                                                        Black Tailed Godwit


                                                        Turnstone

                                                        Redshank



                                                Ringed Plover chick
                                   Green Sandpiper, Pic from Ogden, Fly Flatts bird too distant.

                                                     Greenshank with Ringed Plovers
                                                        Little Ringed Plover
                                                    Ringed Plover
                                                        Redshank
                                                    Sanderling

                                                Greenshank

                                                           Dunlin warning off Ringed Plover

                                                        Sanderling

                                        Whimbrel found nearby at Cold Edge Dams by DJS.

                                                        Dunlin

                                                Little Ringed Plover

                                            Dunlin chick

                                                    Juv Ringed Plover

                                               Dunlin, with 15 present at one point
                                                        Golden Plover, scarce this year

                                                 Last wader of the year, Dunlin in winter plumage.

                                                        juv Redshank
                                    A 2nd Ringed Plover . This chick died after being 
                                                         saturated with heavy rain.
All photos B.S.   

Some amazing rarities turning up in Norfolk with these easterlies, see Pennys blog, link on right.
BS

                                                                                                                                       

 
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