Having spent the weekend in Lymington I found a spare hour to have a wander around Normandy Lagoon at Lymington, part of the Keyhaven/Pennington/Lymington Marshes complex. I wandered from the Yacht Haven Marina along the seawall around Normandy Lagoon and back up to Normandy Lane. The tide was on the fall from a very high level and there were good numbers of common waders including a few
Knot, 14
Greenshank, three
Spotted Redshank, c.75
Dunlin, c.30
Ringed Plover, and six
Bar-tailed Godwit. Wildfowl numbers are beginning to increase and I recorded 65
Teal, 45
Wigeon and 16
Brent Goose. Passerines were in short supply and I only recorded two
Wheatear, two
Stonechat, a single
Chiffchaff and small numbers of
Swallow passing over to the west. There was a distinct autumnal feel to the environment with an abundance of Hawthorn and Bramble fruit in the hedgerows and the leaves beginning to yellow, the
Salicornia on the saltmarsh was flushed a rich vinous red making a lovely back drop to marshes inhabitants.
Stonechat - Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
Redshank - Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
The Teal are in heavy moult and this individual was particularly scruffy - Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
Starling - Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
Renged Plover - Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
Greenshank - Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
Curlew - Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
Little Egret, this ringed bird is, I believe, from a Dutch ringing scheme- Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
Little Egret - Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
Little Egret - Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
Little Egret - Normandy Marsh, Hampshire
