Although hard work, Waxham turned out to be quite good. A slow moving rain shower pushed quite a lot of hirundines south (about 200 Barn Swallows and a slightly smaller number of House Martins) plus about 5 Common Swifts. The swifts that I saw well enough were all juveniles and one bird showed well, flying up and down the dunes. I've provided a few photos showing a number of features of juvenile Common Swift.
Other migrants in the dunes were 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail (perched on the top of the Hawthorn bushes), 8+ Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroats, plus about 10 Common Whitethroat and 2 Chiffchaff which might have been local birds. Also 5 Yellow Wagtails flew over plus a Great Spotted Woodpecker.
A pair of Chinese Water-deer were a nice distraction on the way home.
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| Juvenile Common Swift - pale faced appearance and frosty underwing coverts. |
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| Juvenile Common Swift - pale upper wing coverts |
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| Juvenile Common Swift - frosty underwing coverts and scaly vent |
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| Juvenile Common Swift - pale throat and forehead |
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| Juvenile Common Swift - pointed tail feathers gives a 'Needle-tail' like appearance when tail fully closed. |
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| Juvenile Common Swift |
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| Juvenile Common Swift |
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| Juvenile Common Swift - pointed tail feathers |
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| Juvenile Yellow Wagtail. |
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| Common Whitethroat |
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| Lesser Whitethroat |
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| Reed Warbler - migrant. |
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| Reed Warbler - migrant. |
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| Stag Chinese Water-deer (doe in background). |
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| Doe Chinese Water-deer. |
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