Saturday 24 June 2017

June Common Sands

Today's 2 Common Sandpiper were fairly unusual, so I thought why not put up all the past June records?

2017 - 2/24th LFGP (FJC)
2016 - 1/17th LFGP (Les Blundell)
2013 - 1/23rd LFGP NE corner (RNM), & 1/29th (FJC)
2012 - 1/23rd LFGP (H Whitall & RBryant)
2010 - 2/30th LFGP, in front of hide (RNM)
2004 - 1/7th (OU), 1/12th Lavell's (K Girling) & 1/22nd (TL)
1995 - 1/13th (OU)
1994 - 1/15th Lavell's,
1992 - 1/26th onwards

Just into July
2017 - 1/2nd LFGP (FJC)
2016 - 1/1st LFGP (RNM & FJC)
2015 - 1/2nd LFGP (A Rymer)
2014 - 1/7th LFGP (RNM)
2012 - 2/1st LFGP (A Rymer)
2009 - 1/4th LFGP (FJC), 2/7th (A Rymer)
2008 - 1/6th Tern Scrape (MFW)
2007 - 2/8th onwards LFGP (FJC)
2006 - 1/9th onwards
2005 - 5/7th BSL (ADB), 1/8th BSL (A Slater)
2004 - 2/10th BSL (B Hollands)
1997 - 1/7th
1995 - 1/3rd
1994 - 1/3rd

I like to ask folks to read into it what they will, for me this says it was random until LFGP came along, but now it is looking like the last 5-7 years a new pattern of earlier arrivals, which led to my feeling that a Common could turn up any day prior to today's find...nice to have 2 as well.

There are many in July, but the trend of first passage date has come forward quite some amount since the 80's.

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