This was garden birdwatch w/e. I did see a dunnock and a couple of blue tits in the front garden on our mulberry tree, and there was a jay perched on a chimney on Clare Avenue, but these were on friday so it did not count! A big zero during the w/e in our back garden!
Saturday. At the peregrine watch the jackdaws were circling around in pairs, it is as if they have invisible bands tied between them. A heron flew down river.
Sunday. A peregrine appeared from the direction of the Suspension Bridge, circled around for a while, then disappeared back the way it had come. Some mallard were in the water by Sea Walls, and (thanks to a new pair of binoculars) I was able to spot some small brownish waders at the side of the mud on the river, they were solitary, but exactly what they were, I'm not sure: redshank (possible), curlew (possible), bar-tailed godwit (possible), dunlin (doubtful). Even with the glasses (10x42) it was difficult to see any details. A cormorant flew over the Downs by Sea Walls, it is unusual to see them away from the river.
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