Another late afternoon wander out to Old Hall Marshes; the American Golden Plover 📷 was still in Abbotts Hall Breach, Temminck's Stint 📷, Pectoral Sand 📷, Curlew Sand📷 , Wood Sand on Bale Field plus at least 9 Whimbrel
Late afternoon at Old Hall Marshes, the Am Golden Plover still in Abbotts Hall Breach, Little Stint 📷, 3 Wood Sands 📷, Spotted Red 📷, 2 Greenshank, 8 Whimbrel on Bale Field, hepatic Cuckoo along path from Salcott. Then 1s Lt Gull 📷 at Abberton from Billets Screen in evening
Adult summer plumaged American Golden Plover at Old Hall Marshes this afternoon, was showing well on Bale Field when I arrived but flew passed at close range calling & out onto the mudflats, then popped into Wigborough Bay, Abberton on the way home & the Glossy Ibis dropped in
An excellent hour at Wigborough Bay, Abberton Reservoir this evening after work; 47+ Black Terns, ad Little Gull, Glossy Ibis, 11 Greenshank, 3 Whimbrel & plenty of Yellow Wagtails.
50 species seen this evening at Giffords Flash, StokebyNayland, Suffolk incl. 3 Wood Sand, Cattle Egret, Hobby, 3 Swift, 2 LRP, 3 drk Mandarin, 2 Raven, all 3 hirundine sp. singing Reed & Sedge Warbler, Common & Lesser Whitethroat, Cuckoo & Kingfisher
A few interesting species from Kiln Farm, Long Melford today;
Horseshoe Ladybird (Clitostethus arcuatus) beaten from Yew
Ant Woodlouse (Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii) in an ant hill
Plum Woodlouse (Porcellionides pruinosus) in a manure heap
Dermestes murinus from a Muntjac head
Phone-scoped shots from an couple of brief visits to Abberton Reservoir this week, pair of Lesser Scaup in PeldonBay, Canvasback & Ring-necked Duck from Billets Screen plus 1 of 2 near adult Yellow-legged Gulls in Wigborough Bay
Great White Egret at Shalford Meadow, Lt Cornard today, the 9 White-fronted Geese still present plus the 2 Barnacle Geese also 36 Wigeon & 24 Gadwall
25 White-fronted Geese at Henny on the Essex side of the river Stour this afternoon, meanwhile at Shalford Meadow, Lt Cornard on the Suffolk side there were 118 Lapwing, 15 Common Snipe, 170 Teal, 30 Gadwall, 23 Wigeon & 8 Shoveler enjoying the floodwater
Highlights from an excellent days birding at Abberton despite a late start; drake Lesser Scaup, 13 Greater Scaup, 5 Bewick's Swan, 2 Common Scoter, Slav Grebe, 5 Little Stint, 61 Dunlin, 2 Green Sands, 18 Curlew, 12 Ruff, Rock Pipit, Kingfisher Red Kite & at least 17 GWE