Saturday, 19 December 2015

Cliffe in mild weather

160 Golden Plover, over a thousand Lapwing, several Redshank, Great Black-backed Gulls, one Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gulls, Black-headed Gulls, Coot, Shoveller, Teal, Mallard, Wigeon, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, one Cormorant, two Grey Heron, four Marsh Harrier, two or three Fieldfares, two Black-tailed Godwits, two Curlew, one Little Egret, one Cetti's Warbler heard.

The weather held throughout the visit, from 12:30 until about 4 pm, although we lost the sun about 2 pm.

It was lovely to see the Golden Plover, Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758), in good numbers at Cliffe. The last time I saw them in numbers was on Horse Sands in the Swale on the "predators day" with Tony Swandale. 

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