Migration Through Little Marlow

A change in the wind direction led to an increase in migrating birds through Little Marlow GP on the weekend of 29th/30th April.  Firstly Adam Bassett found a "reeling" Grasshopper Warbler which soon went quiet or moved away and nobody else heard. The Dunlin below was more cooperative and stayed until the following day.

Dunlin

 The 30th certainly looked more promising as the winds were from the SE and increasing in force.  So it was no surprise when Adam Bassett found a Black Tern.  However the best came a bit later when Alan Stevens found a Temminck's Stint.  Unfortunately I arrived just as the bird was moving out of sight.  Then almost immediately after that a Peregrine flew over and half heatedly dived at a Red Kite and then flew over the area where the Stint had disappeared.  It presumably thought it was too dangerous to stay and went on it's journey, unseen by me and many birders who turned up over the next hour or so.

There was some consolation in the arrival of two Little Terns and two Ringed Plovers, the latter joining the 7+ Little Ringed Plover and 1-2 Common Sandpipers that were on the sand spit.

A pretty good couple of days for the site!

Little Tern