A visit to Frainslake and Bluckspool beaches produced a nice variety of typical waders for the area. These included Oystercatchers (123), Curlews (45+), Ringed Plovers (32+), Grey Plovers (2), Bar-tailed Godwits (2) and Sanderling (7).
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| The Sanderlings were busy catching crustaceans, including sand-hoppers on the tide edge |
Gulls roosting on Frainslake beach included c.45 LBB gulls and 112 GBB gulls. At least one adult GBBG was colour-ringed red ring (left leg) and red inscribed with white digits (right leg). It was frustratingly too far away to read even with a scope. A significantly cropped image below is probably not much help either. If anyone recognises it let us know.
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| It was too far away to read the inscription. It could possibly be something like ?12 perhaps |
A Kingfisher inland at Frainlake pool was nice to see there, along with 4 Little Grebes. But it was very sad to see recent remains of an adult gannet on the cliff-top near Great Furzenip - something not expected up there. It had probably been taken from the beach below by a fox, or perhaps by the resident pair of ravens.