Friday, 26 December 2025

Aberrant Stonechat still at Netposts

On Boxing Day Friday 26th December, late morning I checked Hamilton Dock, Ness Point area and very little was seen. A keen east wind and very high tide provided very bracing conditions. At the Netposts, the newly cut Denes area east of the Netposts a dog was running around and flushed, 4 Meadow Pipits, they were joined by another quartet of Pipits and settle in the northern section of the southern netposts. Resigned to a poor walk around, I was loading the camera in the car and the Pipits flew up joined by a Chat and the latter bird settled on the exterme south=east corner post of the nortern netposts, it was the fine aberrant Stonechat. Another pair of dog walkers were walking up to it but I consoled myself by the just admiring for a minute before it flew and totally disappeared, I didn't see it again, despite a thorough search. Later on 10 Meadow Pipts were on this part of the Denes. A look at Links Road car park revealed around 30 immature Herring Gulls, c10 adults, 20 BH Gulls and 1 adult unringed Mediterranean Gull plus an assortment of Carrion Crows with one showing white bar on its secondaries on both side of its wings.

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