When Brian sent his first text to say 7 Green Sandpiper, I thought 'nice', as the count grew from 8, to 9, 10 then finally 11, I was very interested in seeing this new record count....but I was tied up until lunchtime.
Luckily the count just kept getting bigger, Geoff counting 14, Brian and I reaching 13, 4 more than the previous record of 9/2nd August 1993.
We rarely get flocks like yesterday's, so here are the big count days for Green Sandpipers, starting with the highest;
14/3rd Aug 2015
9/4th Aug 2015
9/2nd Aug 1993
8/1st July 1993
8/4th Aug 1994
8/2nd Aug 1998
7/27th Aug 1982
7/17th Aug 1986
7/14th Mar 1993
7/21st Aug 1993
7/2nd, 13th & 28th July 1994
7/2nd Sept 1999
6/17th Aug 1985
6/4th & 30th July 1992
6/29th July & 6/1st & 4th Aug 1998
6/27th July, 6/10th Sept 1999
5/18th Aug 1982
5/14th Mar 1983
5/12th & 15th Aug 1986
5/1st & 18th Aug 1991
5/23rd & 25th June 1992
5/1st July 1994
5/27th Mar 1995
5/9th July 1995
5//14th, 27th & 28th July & 5/11th & 15th Aug 1998
5/2nd April, 5/24th July, 5/3rd to 7th Aug 1999
1999 was the last time we hit counts of 5, 6 & 7, but 4/29th December 2001 was the last time the high count got above 3...until this year. The pattern of records has been increasing again since 2006....when we got LFGP!
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