Saturday 21 August – last year!

Other people are enjoying the autumn migration: Icterine Warbler ringed by the Alderney Bird Observatory https://alderneybirdobservatory.org Melodious Warbler at Fort Hommet, Hoopoe at Pleinmont … I am at home with back trouble. So I’m going back to 2020 in order to add something to the blog. A Black-tailed Godwit on its way to its wintering grounds further south. I suspect this may have been a juvenile with a plain buffy-orange neck, anchor-like dark markings on the upper body, edged with light brown and very dark tertials with gold-brown edging. Light can be challenging at the Vale Pond, but views are often closer than the Colin Best Reserve which is also favoured by these passage migrants. They are elegant, long legged waders and seen far less frequently than Bar-tailed Godwits. September and October are good months to catch a sighting, so I hope I’ll be out and about again soon.