At Angle Harbour late morning a good selection of birds as the tide rose - Bar Tailed Godwit 46, Knot 40+, Redshank 5, Greenshank (pictured) 2, Curlew 12, Dunlin 100+, Shoveller 8, Gadwall 6, Wigeon 100+, Brent Goose (Dark Bellied) 1. Little Egret 1. A Peregrine also flew over.
At Kilpaison soon after midday 3 Pale Bellied Brents, Dunlin c.130, Ringed Plover 50+. Little Egret 1. As I drove back up to the main road a female Merlin was perched on a post then flew off to attack a flock of Starlings.
I drove onto Freshwater West and as I went over the bridge just before the car park, wandering whether the Bittern reported a few days ago was still about, one flew over the road over towards the beach! I followed it in the car as it flew over the sea just out from the shore, over the oblivious surfers, past Little and Great Furzenip before it flew out of sight into Frainslake Sands.
Another Merlin seen over Castlemartin Corse.
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