Millin Pill – Mandarin
A Mandarin drake was amongst the Mallard at the mouth of Millin Pill at lunchtime today.
Blackbridge pill, Swallow reflections…
Just three Med Gulls this morning -I was hoping for more – 31 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, Common Sandpiper calling & a juv Knot was good to see. About 15 years…
Sprinkle Pill – more (?) Ospreys and Redstart
2 Ospreys were circling the top of the pill when I arrived early this evening. They continued to circle southwards as they disappeared over the fields towards Llangwm. Further down…
Redshanks in Llangwm Pill
From Graham Brace: Redshanks have returned to Llangwm Pill after an absence of three months…a week later than usual. According to my records over the last 10 years or so…
Sandwich Terns – Sprinkle Pill
Unusual to see 2 Sandwich Terns today amongst the Black-headed Gulls at the mouth of Sprinkle Pill. Also 19+ Curlews and at least one Whimbrel.
Hook / Sprinkle Pill
51 Black-tailed Godwits were feeding in the pill at low tide today with a few of them now in breeding plumage. The remnants of the winter’s Redshanks (6) and Teal…
Westfield Pill / Deer Park
A group of about 20 hirundines, most of them House Martins, were feeding over the water at Westfield Pill earlier today. I also had an excellent view of a Kingfisher,…
Sprinkle Pill this afternoon.
An hour or so as the rising tide approached it’s high point. Large flocks of Lapwing (c 2000+), Golden Plover (c 1500+) and Dunlin (600+) on the mud flats at…
Cosheston Pill late this afternoon
A low-tide count at Cosheston Pill late this afternoon produced 161 wigeon feeding along the shore (quite a good count here), c.20 teal but only 2 shelducks and a few…
Westfield Pill – Yesterday
From Sandra Coates-Smith – Friday afternoonTwo firecrests in bushes/trees on the pill side of the path, between the overhead wires and the narrow ‘weir’ section of the pill.