Friday
morning (April 17th) saw David Miller and I at the Quoile for a dawn chorus. Yes we
were there at 0550 having been up since 0430. We had a brilliant time
with 48 species including the first
house martin of the year, the first
little gull
for some time and a range of singing migrants. The water levels were
spot on for wildfowl and waders and we also heard a drumming
great spotted woodpecker from Finnebrogue Estate across the other side of the river.
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| Good water levels at Castle Island hide |
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| Little gull |
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| Little gull and black-headed gull |
There were
willow warblers every 20 metres along the road and at least 6
chiffchaffs as well. As well as the
little gull Collector's Bay still had good numbers of
mute swan, mallard, tufted duck, shoveler, teal, wigeon and 3 pintail. There was also about 20
black-tailed godwit well into breeding plumage. We arrived back tired and happy at the aural experience as well as the bird list. Just for the record I recorded my first
swallow and willow warbler at Oxford Island on April 10th.
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