A bit of a twitch today, starting at Beadnell. When we eventually reached the flood, the stunning adult
Lesser Yellowlegs was immediately visible, and although it provided nice scope views it was a bit to far away for photos. A
Wheatear was also by the flood, as was a Jackdaw that looked good for a
Nordic Jackdaw. Any thoughts are welcome on this bird.
After seeing a few
Little Terns flying over we decided to go to the tern colony at the Long Nanny next. Sure enough there was plenty of terns including 10+
Little Tern, 3+
Sandwich Tern and 400+
Arctic Terns.
After finishing at the tern colony, we headed to Hoppen Kiln Flash as a few birds had been reported there recently. At first only the 4
Garganey were visible, but we soon picked up the
Pectoral Sandpiper, which was my first in spring as well as the
Wood Sandpiper.
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| Lesser Yellowlegs |
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| Little Terns |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Wheatear |
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| Possible Nordic Jackdaw |
I think the mantle and scapulars are too dark on this individual to be monedula at this time of year Jonathan; great pictures though and can I suggest you forward them to Tim Dean and Colin Bradshaw as they have been conducting a review of 'Nordic' Jackdaw records and I think these would help as they highlight that not all Jackdaws with collars are monedula (IMO).
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