Sunday, 4 June 2023

Dale Airfield

Very surprised to see last Sunday's Short-toed Lark on Dale Airfield this evening.  First picked it up on the southern runway of the central 'triangle', it soon took off and went west, scrapping with a Skylark and then rising high presumably in a song flight (which I couldn't hear due to the wind).  I then picked it up again on the western runway, before it flew to the eastern runway, where I caught up with it and managed a couple of photos and a short digi-scoped video.  A really smart bird.  Also the Little Ringed Plover still present (Lisa had it yesterday too whilst out running), a Lapwing, and on the ploughed field at the west end 20 Ringed Plover and 6 Dunlin.