A lovely ,warm sunny morning at St. Marys Island and the Golden Plover numbers are starting to grow with around 250 flushed from their island roost,as the tide receded and the public began to cross the causeway. Calling,they alighted on rocks close to me,many still in summer plumage. They should be here right over the winter,weather permitting. With them were a few Dunlin and Turnstones, recent arrivals from Northern Europe. Sandwich Terns rested on the rocks,with a few Kittiwakes.
The water level at the pond has risen after recent rain and no waders present.
A few birds still singing -Reed Bunting, Sedge Warbler , Whitethroat, Meadow Pipit, Reed Warbler and 2 Grasshopper Warblers.
A.S.Jack