Over these two months I managed to add 9 birds and 11 points. However 8 of these birds and 10 of the points were added in July (why I didn't do a roundup at the end of June).
The only addition in June was an unexpected
Spotted Flycatcher in Hunmanby. This was on the 9th. This is the first time I had seen this species in the village and I will hopefully see more in the future. This was my 98th species for the patch (this year).
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
The next additions weren't for another month. On the 10th of July I managed to get some birds passing through at Hunmanby Gap in the form of two
Dunlin and some
Teal.
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| Teal |
However the month's highlight came on the 11th with 69
Whimbrel. This was a good passage south at Hunmanby Gap and along with a
Pochard got me onto 102 species.
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| Whimbrel (with two Curlew) |
The next addition on the 14th was an
Eider, not what I expected to see until winter, this got me onto 103 species (it was also at the Gap).
The 15th boasted two more patch ticks at Hunmanby Gap with two Knot and a Mistle thrush, the Mistle thrush was an extremely long-awaited bird that had eluded me for seven months!
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Knot (one of two together)
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My last addition of July was on the 31st in the form of three
Gadwall. This was a good tick because other than flyovers my patch isn't the best for ducks. By the end of the month I was on 127 points and 106 species. I now can't wait until the autumn passage really kicks off.
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