Friday 23 May 2014

23rd May 2014 Rodmell

Turnstone 1
Ringed Plover 3
Cuckoo h
Cetti's Warbler h
Yellowhammer 2

Turnstone and Tundra Ringed Plover at Rodmell
As this particular Ringed Plover appeared diminutive with dark brown upperparts it would appear to tick all of the boxes of C.h. tundrae of the northerly Fenno-Scandian mountains and arctic coasts. Perhaps therefore no surprise it seemed to prefer hanging out with the northern-bound Turnstone rather than two nearby pallid-by-comparison Ringed Plover.