Hello,

I hope you had a great Mother’s Day. Lots of visitors brought their Mums for a day out at RSPB Frampton Marsh, and as usual, we had lots of birds to show them.

Highlights included:

Pink-footed goose 3

Dark-bellied brent goose 750+

Wigeon 220+

Gadwall 26

Shoveler 28

Tufted duck 42

Little grebe 4

Great crested grebe 6

Little egret 4

Buzzard 2

Osprey 1 (flew over reedbed and saltmarsh)

Kestrel 3

Merlin 1

Coot 110+

Oystercatcher 4

Avocet 30

Little ringed plover 8

Ringed plover 8

Golden plover 150 (many in summer plumage)

Dunlin 12

Ruff 14

Snipe 4

Black-tailed godwit 28 (many in summer plumage)

Bar-tailed godwit 2

Stock dove 3

Little owl 2

Sand martin 12

Swallow 1

Yellow wagtail 15

White wagtail 4

Wheatear 1

Linnet 22

Twite 35

Lapland bunting 4

Yellowhammer 3

Corn bunting 32

 

Cheers,

 

Simon.