Sunday, 1 September 2013

Curlew Sandpipers - Teifi estuary

Three juvenile Curlew Sandpipers opposite St. Dogmael's Quay this evening at high tide.
A walk along the Ceredigion bank also produced 3 Ringed Plover and 3 Dunlin with the Curlew Sandpipers.1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits and 1 Whimbrel with the Curlews. 1 Knot with the 11 Redshank.
 On Patch a mobile flock of 6 Ringed Plover and a Dunlin, and 1 Dunlin at Creek Hide later.

Early this morning still plenty of warblers around the reserve including Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 20+ Sedge Warblers, 10+ Chiffchaffs, 10+ Reed Warblers, 10+ Blackcaps.

See..    A is for August, acros but not Aquatics   for a summary of this year and previous years ringing in the Teifi reedbeds