LBO Home Page

Friday 14th July 2023




Autumn is really proceeding apace, for some species at least, our first juvenile med gulls were seen off the beach today, so they've fledged some somehwere. Quite a few species heading south, in a strong south westerly that turned fully south by the end of the morning. More little egrets flew south, along with common scoter and gadwall, redshank, bar-tailed godwit and more oystercatchers than we usually see moving. 

At the same time, we're still seeing a lot of fledglings, with more lesser whitethroats and dunnocks appearing amongst the almost endless numbers of young linnets. 

 

Shuttle-shaped Dart are undergoing a second emergence. They are one of our commoner species.

Birds Ringed: Blackbird 1, Blue Tit 1, Dunnock 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Linnet 2.