Bird numbers are picking up again as autumn migration
gathers pace with a few migrants seen for the first time this autumn at the
site including Eurasian Hoopoe with three birds seen. Numbers of Squacco Heron
have also increased markedly from three birds to well over twenty. Greater Flamingo
numbers are now around three thousand birds with many juveniles seen as well as
adults. The main migrants seen were waders with plenty of Little Stints,
Kentish Plover and Black-winged Stilts. Other waders seen in smaller numbers
included Curlew Sandpiper, Greater Sand Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Common
Greenshank, Common Redshank, Common Sandpiper and Ruff. Plenty of terns were
also around including Gull-billed Tern, White-winged Tern, Caspian Tern, Little
Tern, Saunders Tern and White-cheeked Tern.
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| Eurasian Hoopoe |
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| Squacco Heron |
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| Greater Flamingo |
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| Little Stint |
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| Greater Sand Plover |
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| Ruddy Turnstone |
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| White-cheeked Tern - adult |
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| White-cheeked Tern - juvenile |
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| White-winged Tern |
