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Monday, May 4, 2009

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Sash beat me to the posting, very glad he caught up with the bounty on offer at MM! Paul & I had a magic couple of hours on the peninsula. First to the 'old' hide at Marloes Mere, and within minutes the 1st-year Iceland Gull gave excellent views in the field behind the hide at Trehill. Used the hide to dodge a rain shower, and spent some time scanning through the good sized flock of Swallows and Sand Martins. 10 Swift bombed through heading west with some purpose. A walk to the newer Britton Hide and quite soon we were being treated to stunning views of the adult female Marsh Harrier quartering, scattering all before her. Including 4 Teal....hang on, the male surely has a vertical stripe (it was distant, through 8x 'bins)...yep, a fine Green-winged! At one point you could see all 3 notable birds at once! The Gann wasn't quite so star studded, but still plenty of signs of migration: 2 Whimbrel, 1 White Wagtail, 5 Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 3 Wheatear, and one of the Rock Pipits doing a good impression of a littoralis.

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