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There has been some good terns seen in Langstone Harbour of late and so I had a stroll around Hayling Oysterbeds to see if the Roseate, Black or Arctic Terns were present in the area. Another glorious day with bright sunshine and my dog Scruff and I had a quiet walk around the reserve.
The tide was out within the harbour from the car park and a scan across the mudflats produced my first Ringed Plovers of the month. Good start. Curlew was also picked up but not a great deal else. I saw a birder further up the footpath overlooking the Oysterbeds and so I headed towards him. I finally caught up with him but he wasn’t in a sociable mood and walked off. Miserable sod! The Oysterbeds held a handful of Common Terns and Black-headed Gulls but nothing else of note. A scan in the harbour revealed around ten Great Crested Grebes and also around six Brent Geese resting on one of the small islands within the harbour, but again, all was very quiet. Ospreys have been in the area but no sign this afternoon. Walking around the reserve, I counted up to three Common Sandpipers along the shoreline and one was most photogenic. Meeting another more sociable fellow birder, he said that he had four Common Sands earlier today and also a couple of Whimbrel.
The walk back along the Hayling Billy Line was quite eventful. A juvenile Green Woodpecker perched on a telegraph pole and showed well. A small field surrounded by bramble bushes held Common Whitethroats, a single Lesser Whitethroat and a male Blackcap, therefore, a small movement this morning. Not a great deal else but it was a pleasant walk.
One of the Common Sandpipers by the Oyster Beds this morning.
