Friday, April 15, 2022

Hjelme Vest 14 April 2022 - A lovely morning

 Calm and sunny

Again due to other commitments I took things easy today and basically just did a trip to Hjelme Vest in the early morning. Superb to be out, fantastic to look out over the sea with a wood full of birdsong behind me. So very pleased I made this choice.

Nothing very remarkable really but sightings included three Great Northern Diver islom (scope views only!),  136 Purple Sandpiper fjæreplytt (two flocks and the biggest number recorded in the county this year), 38 Long-tailed Duck havelle (tragically also the largest number recorded in the county thus far far this year, in years gone by this would have been in the hundreds), several Red-throated Diver smålom, at least four Black Guillemot teist, a few White-tailed Eagle havørn and even a migrating Wheatear steinskvett heading north.


Two flocks of Purple Sandpipers fjæreplytt looked rather better in the scope:)


A couple of the several Red-throated Diver smålom present


No comments: