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Sunday 23 September 2018

22nd Sep – Arrival of Blackcaps & Chiffchaffs, plus a Wryneck

Chris Dee reports: "Still too wet or windy for any ringing. Estimated 150 Blackcaps and 45 Chiffchaffs in Millcombe and East Side. One Wryneck along Lower East Side Path. One Greenshank, Water Rail in Smelly Gully, and three Wheatears. Blackcaps feeding well on blackberries."

Below are some beautiful wader photographs, the first of a juvenile Sanderling at North End on 21st September, from Lundy Warden Dean Jones, and the other from the week of 8-15 September, kindly contributed by Celia and Tony Sawbridge, the first lucky observers to see the Buff-breasted Sandpipers.

Juvenile Sanderling, North End, 21 Sep 2018 © Dean Jones
Juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Airfield/Brick Field area, 9-12 Sep 2018 © Tony Sawbridge
Juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Airfield/Brick Field area, 9-12 Sep 2018 © Tony Sawbridge
Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper, Quarters Pond, 15 Sep 2018 © Tony Sawbridge
Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper, Quarters Pond, 15 Sep 2018 © Tony Sawbridge
Juvenile Ringed Plover, Sep 2018, © Tony Sawbridge

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