kmike

Autumn migration has started again at Long Valley. The following birds were seen between 1630 and 1830:

Night Heron - 3
Cattle Egret - 5
Little Egret  15

Black-winged Stilt - 6 (including 2 speckled juveniles)
Greater Painted-snipe - 2 (a pair)
Little Ringed Plover - 25

Common Sandpiper - 3
Green Sandpiper - 2
Wood Sandpiper - 45 (minimum)
Long-toed Stint - two days earlier than the earliest record for a migrant in the Avifauna

Also at Long Valley a scene from history - at least 300 White-rumped Munias feeding on fallen rice from the newly harvested field.

It was also good to see gatherings of over 30 White Wagtails and a creche of young Black-necked Starlings.

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Hi Vicky

I got the impression that the Wood Sandpipers would be roosting in the shallow ponds at the eastern end of the valley.

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Wonderful pix - glad you could capture this John


Mike K

kmike

Totally agree with Dave

More rice!
More rice!

Mike

kmike

This eveing before the rain came down there were 2 Long-toed Stints, 4 Swintail Snipe  and a Large Hawk Cuckoo at the east end of Long Valley.
There was also a White-breasted Watrhen with a "black-fuzz ball"-aged chick.

Cheers

Mike