Sunday 30 August 2020

No sign of Plover or any seabirds

On Sunday 30th August in a desperatly disappointing morning/ early afternoon, there was no sign whatsoever of the confiding Golden Plover, news had been very late getting out on this one and I had looked erroneously around the tea rooms of Kessinglands North Beach for this one earlier in its stay until only late yesterday evening news got out very belatedly, that it was at Easton Bavents. Always keen to photograph confiding birds, trouble is the last on was the GBT. I have never seen so many people or cars descending onto Southward so I can't blame it for making an early exit. No sea birds were seen. Afterwards, a 40 minute seawatch at Baker's Score, Corton revealed an Oystercatcher going not, a close north flying Kestrel, 2 juvenile Carrion Crows and 5 juvenile Herring Gull and that was it, very poor. Still waiting for my first Fulmar (away from Skomer) in 4 years!

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