Isn't it strange? Despite a glorious day's weather with a high pressure system producing bright blue sunny skies all day (even if it was a bit chilly), there are no bird sightings today. I assume that most/all of the bird groups and visitors who were here before, braving that awful weather of the past couple of weeks to send in their sightings have all departed. This leaves just us battle-hardened "been there, done that" local birders who had other/better things to do outdoors today than go birding.
So I'll leave you with an update on an "Old Faithful" Oystercatcher that has been showing up on the rocks just outside Val Peacock's house in Port Charlotte for several years now. It didn't show last year, but there it was again two days ago with its 7U on blue colour ring, proving it was the returning bird from Dawlish Warren in Devon. You can read its full history of comings and goings here:
https://www.dcwrg.org.uk/recoveries/oystercatcher/bird/GBT-FA71966.
This isn't the bird - but they all look the same don't they? (Thanks to Armin Grewe for the image)
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