At Mersehead the summer migrants have started to arrive with chiffchaff singing, wheatear on the saltmarsh and sand martin. We still have some Barnacle geese but some have started to move now and head back North to Svalbard. Below are the recent sightings from Mersehead
Trails- yellowhammer, skylark, barnacle geese, linnet, pied wagtail, chiffchaff, wheatear, nuthatch, great spotted woodpeacker, goldcrest, twite, curlew, buzzard, song thrush, pheasant, meadow pipit, herring gull and reed bunting
Hides-teal, mallard, pintail, lapwing, mute swan, wigeon, sand martin, shoveler, gadwall, golden eye, tufted duck, whooper swan, heron, moorhen and little grebe
Beach- ringed plover, shelduck, cormorant, common gull, lesser black backed gull, rock pipit
Visitor centre- chaffinch, greenfinch, goldfinch, blue tit, great tit, coal tit, tree sparrow, yellowhammer, lapwing, oystercatcher, redshank, house sparrow