Bird News from Andreas Kim
The daily visit started in the early afternoon with light rain which later cleared and also with light wind. Almost all ducks have left, only 8 Eastern Spot-billed Duck, 4 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Falcated Teal and a few Common Teal were seen.
On shorebirds 49 Bar-tailed Godwit, c. 30 Whimbrel, c. 130 Dunlin, 8 Common Greenshank, 6 Grey-tailed Tattler, 4 Terek Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 40+ Kentish Plover – on Saturday the first parent with 3 chicks seen – several Little Ringed Plover, c. 20 Ruddy Turnstone, c. 30 Red-necked Stint and 5 Curlew Sandpiper which were seen for the third day.
Today not many gulls at the site, a few Black-tailed and Black-headed Gulls, but at least 20 very noisy Little Ternflying around huntig for fish and also 3 Grey Heron, 1 Eurasian Coot and 1 Great Cormorant.
Green leg-flagged Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica ADL, Photo © Andreas Kim
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis, Photo © Andreas Kim
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes, Photo © Andreas Kim
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia, Photo © Andreas Kim
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres, Photo © Andreas Kim
Dunlin Calidris alpina, Photo © Andreas Kim
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea, Photo © Andreas Kim
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Photo © Andreas Kim