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Lesser Crested Tern - Oman 28th Feb 2024

04 May, 2020

Dull and cloudy with some dampness early on and an E/SE breeze 2-4, becoming dry with sunshine and cloud.

Poole Place: Along the path were 3 singing Whitethroats apparently on territory, plus a Song Thrush and a Blackcap at Poole Place. A small fall of 5 Wheatears was the highlight, but sea-watching from there (0700-0800hrs) was again disappointing and all I logged was:-

Great Crested Grebe – 1E, 3os
Gannet – 24E
Ringed Plover – 1 o/b
Sanderling – 45W
Whimbrel – 3E, 2W
Common Tern – 2E
Sandwich Tern – 30E
Swallow – 12N

Climping: I walked to Atherington checking the sea and fields as I went along but apart from a Kestrel there was nothing of note. The regular warblers (as yesterday) were still present at Atherington and also a Lesser Whitethroat and a couple more Swallows but otherwise it was quiet. A short sea-watch added just half a dozen Gannets and several Sandwich Terns....but then at 0905 an egret passed at fair distance, which I now think was a Great White Egret.

Afternoon walk around the golf course this afternoon produced good numbers of both Wheatear and Whimbrel with at least 18 of the former present.




Highlight was a pod of at least five short-beaked common dolphins moving east not too far from the shore.(RP)

Grey Heron - 5
Little Egret - 2 
Gannets - 20+
Canada Geese - 4
Sandwich - Tern 10+
Whimbrel - 20
Buzzard - 2
Swallow - 5
Swift - 10/15
Yellowhammer - 1 (DB)
Wheatear - 2
Mistle Thrush - 2
Song Thrush - 2
Chiffchaff - 5
Blackcap - 8
Cetti’s Warbler - 2 hrd
Whitethroat - 15
Sedge Warbler - 2
Reed Bunting - 3
Pied Wagtail - 2
Meadow Pipit - 6
Skylark - 6