Sanderling , Dunlin and Ringed Plover

A good move of waders this week.....high winds , driving rain and thick fog at Blackstone Edge all week until Friday evening when it was calm clear and sunny , 17 Ringed Plover , 9 Dunlin , 15 Sanderling ,  5 Common Sandpiper , 2 Curlew and 2 Little Ringed Plover ,we will never know how many waders moved through Blackstone Edge , but Friday ,Sat and Sunday were a great spectacle...

...LEO , Reed Warbler and Yellow Wagtail made for a great week locally.......

Bits and Pieces

 

Romania

Ickky

Hepatic Cuckoo

                                                          Hoopoe

                                                     Crested lark
 

                                                                 Palla's Gull

Hoopoe

https://ebird.org/lifelist?r=RO     E bird checklist ..I missed Bullfinch , Black Kite and Black -winged Pratincole which some of the others saw...197 species

Red -Footed Falcon

 

Red -Breasted Flycatcher

 

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Black Winged Stilt and Temminck's Stint

                                     Red Rumped Swallow's

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Icterine Warbler 

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Honey Buzzard

Long Legged Buzzard being chased by Rooks

Bee Eater

Short toed Eagle

White Stork

White Stork Massive nest , also breeding in here House Sparrows , Spanish Sparrows , Starling and Collared Dove...!!!!!!!!!

 

Saker Falcon

Not very good photos , but excellent views of both male and female sat on a pylon and flying around..
 

Romania ,

Sea Eagle being mobbed by a Rook

 This was my 3rd visit to Romania's Black Sea coast . based in VADU , it was in my opinion the best so far , with migration at its peak. Saker Falcon  was the bird of the trip for me with a male and female found on a pylon showing very well for all to see......After a storm on the 10th the next morning was memorable by the sheer number of migrants on the coast. Stood by a small area of scrub , I watched , Icterine Warbler(2) , Red Breasted Flycatcher (5) , Red Backed Shrike (3) Lesser Grey Shrike (1) , Blackcap (10), Willow Warbler (15 all different colours )Lesser and Common Whitethroat , Garden Warbler , LEO , Barred Warbler (2) Thrush Nightingale, (2) Collared Flycatcher (1) Spotted Flycatcher(20+)  and flyovers Bittern , Little Bittern (flock of 5) , Red Footed Falcon , Roller , Hoopoe , Marsh Harrier , Hobby, Cuckoo 5 (1 hepatic) , Great Black headed Gull (2) and calling Savi's Warbler , Paddyfield Warbler , Reed and Sedge...other highlights , Terek Sandpiper , Broad Billed Sandpiper , Marsh Sandpiper , Pied Wheatear and 18 species of Raptor ( inc 50 + Lesser Spotted Eagles)200 + Spotted Redshanks together.........and small Nightjar migration over the sea

Hoopoe a common sight in Romania

Pale phase Booted Eagle

Red Breasted Flycatcher a common breeder in local woodland and many migrants in the Vadu Area

 Male Pied Wheatear

                                    Roller common away from the coast with 25 + some days

                                       Isabelline Wheatear carrying food to nearby nest