Our visit to Holmes Dunes left us without any trace of Turtle Dove. They have been seen and heard recently but the poor weather has not been conducive to them singing. We had a walk around, down by the houses adn in the dunes but everything seemed to have gone back to bed after the nice start to the day. As the weather got a bit windier in the afternoon we had to settle for Cuckoo calling and not much else. We weren’t sure what to do now – except perhaps try elsewhere for better weather.
Bird Sightings Holmes Dunes NWT 6th May 2019
| Greylag Goose | 10 |
| Common Pheasant | 3 |
| Great Cormorant | 8 |
| Eurasian Marsh Harrier | 1 |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | 3 |
| Common Redshank | 2 |
| Black-headed Gull | 10 |
| Common Wood Pigeon | 4 |
| Common Cuckoo | 2 |
| Eurasian Magpie | 2 |
| Eurasian Reed Warbler | 1 |
| Meadow Pipit | 2 |
| European Goldfinch | 4 |