Highlights from the past week 21/4/14 to 27/4/14
The Little Egret has been around all week.
Monday 21st
2 Stonechat and 2 Wheatear on the airfield
Tuesday 22nd
We did a WeBS count on Tuesday morning, highlights from the count:
1200 Pink-footed geese
13 Gadwall
3 Whooper swan
4 Pintail
27 Shelduck
4 Water rail
124 Teal
1 Little grebe
2 Scaup
Osprey and a Peregrine over the low ground
And a Ring Ouzel in Airfield hide car park was a pleasant surprise
Wednesday 23rd
A Brown Hare was spotted charging across our arable fields
A Greenshank was on the low ground briefly
Thursday 24th
4 Blackcap in the plantation, 1 was seen briefly in the garden
A song thrush spent half the day in the garden singing away
A short-eared owl was flushed from Mosstown marsh
Friday 25th
Our first Grasshopper warbler of the year was heard on mosstown marsh
Saturday 26th
A Black Tailed Godwit on Starnafin pools
Sunday 27th
2 Arctic Terns and a handful of common Terns were flying around Starnafin pools