13:45-15:45: couldn't go for dawn, wrong time of day, but, hey(!)
Point:
Meadow Pipit 2,
Chiffchaff,
Reed Bunting.
Viz mig(w):
Brent Goose 12 (plus 40 on Nor),
Wigeon 41,
Teal 40,
Pintail 4,
Shoveler,
Sandwich Tern 24,
Meadow Pipit 5.
And it finally happened-
Swallow (south-southwest):
Plus how many earlier in the day? Deffo plus eight
Sand Martin (no House Martins though). Not streams coming through low upriver, but streams dropping from the sky after coming down the main Channel, high. Most dropped out around (roughly) Booze Buoy, with one movement low west over Friars and Nor, a stream over the Point and others turning in over Rainham Saltings. Our locals had left a few days before, now this push, from who know where, was sending a signal; few Swallows would be left to come through after next few days. Peak migration. Always a pleasure to see. Always.
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Not much of Rainham Saltings left on today's high tide
(the Point, and the Edith May, beyond) |
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