Saturday 17 April 2010

Jack Snipe -- Teifi.....&....Ruddy Shelduck.


Last night;-
1 Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, on the Marshes & 3 Common Sandpipers on Patch.
Early pm;-
18 Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin on Patch. The Ruddy Shelduck there until it flew upstream past the Railings.
(Wendy)
Teifi Marshes, early am;-
The 1st Grasshopper Warbler on the Teifi this year.
(Karen)
A Jack Snipe isn't big!, this weighed 58.2g, approx 60% the weight of a Song Thrush!