Friday 24 July 2009

Friday 24th July 09 - Afternoon - And the the rain came...


2:30 > 4:30
Sunny, warm, then thunderstorms with heavy downpours.

On arrival not of lot of life out on the mud/water.
A dozen or so Black Headed Gulls, five Lesser Black Backed Gulls and a couple of Green Sandpipers were all that was on view.
Then the heavens opened.
In twenty minutes the main body of water (or the mud where the main body of water used to be) was awash with birds. I gave up counting the gulls at over 200 of varios types, again mostly BHG's but at least a couple of Herrings the throng, these were joined by around 15 terns, not identifiable in the deluge but mostly (if not all) Common Terns including a few juveniles.
Three Little Egrets also put in appearance during the downpour.

Little Egret - Birdguides
Little Egret - BTO
Little Egret - RSPB
Little Egret - Wiki

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