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Arctic Tern – 8th May

May 8, 2017Recent wildlife sightings2017, 8th May, Arctic Tern, Common Sandpiper, cuckoo, Deep Pit, Slurry Lagoon, Swallow, SwiftPete Smith

This morning there was an Arctic Tern which flew around the Slurry Lagoon and Deep Pit before leaving, going north-east. On the river there was a Common Sandpiper and a large group of Swallows and Swifts paused to forage over the Slurry Lagoon before continuing passage north and a Cuckoo was heard briefly.  PS.

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