Hello,

It has been a warm but breezy day at RSPB Frampton marsh. Highlights have included:

Pink-footed goose 3

Dark-bellied brent goose 750+

Pale-bellied brent goose 2

Garganey 1 (drake)

Little grebe 2

Great crested grebe 4

Marsh harrier 1

Merlin 1

Avocet 18

Little ringed plover 8

Ringed plover 8

Golden plover 150+ (many in summer plumage)

Dunlin 41

Ruff 9

Snipe 4

Black-tailed godwit 23 (most in summer plumage)

Sand martin 2

Swallow 1 (doesn’t make a summer!)

Yellow wagtail 9

White wagtail 4

Wheatear 2 (females)

Tree sparrow 2

Twite 35

Lapland bunting 2

Yellowhammer 1

Corn bunting 27

and a water vole.

 

Cheers,

 

Simon.