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A modest push of hirundines and Swift at 1pm noticed 39 Swift, 6 Swallow, 10 Sand and three Home Martin all push south within the area of half-hour. The juvenile Gray Heron remains to be kicking about, picked up shifting north over Quarry Cottages whereas seeing within the Oldenburg at noon and a flying ant emergence was drawing in a crowd within the Touchdown with 78 Herring, 6 Lesser Black-backed and 4 Nice Black-backed all capitalising on the brand new meals supply. The ultimate Kittiwake nests have now all fledged, leaving solely the Fulmars as our remaining cliff-nesters nonetheless feeding younger. Sadly the thick fog put a cease to any potential Storm Petrel ringing final evening, though the winds are choosing up once more considerably over the weekend opening up one other window to get out seawatching. Late report from company of a potential Ruff at Pondsbury yesterday night.
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| Swift (taken 17 Might) © Joe Parker |
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