Dave, Roger and I had decided
to go birding in the Charnwood area today.
We called at Watermead Country
Park first to hopefully see a Whooper Swan and Red-crested Pochard. Both had been present for some time now and
Roger had seen both of them yesterday.
When we arrived there was the normal mass of swans close to where people
feed them and where the Whooper normally is.
We scanned the swans several times but could only find Mutes. We walked all the way around the lagoon but
the Whooper could not be found although we did locate the male Red-crested
Pochard.
We eventually moved off to
Beacon Hill and walked from the car park to the summit. We had hoped to see early migrants but there
was little evidence of any migration, although Dave did find a Wheatear, which
Roger and I failed to locate.
Warren Hills was our next port
of call, which is another location where it is possible to find migrants but
like Beacon Hill there was little evidence of migration.
We decide to visit Swithland
Reservoir where we had our fist shower of the day, which was quiet heavy. Just before the rain arrived the wind
increased and we had two Sparrowhawk, five Buzzards and a Peregrine fly
over. There was little of note on the
water but I did see three Sand Martins and a Swallow passed over the dam. Two Grey Wagtail also flew over. Roger also located a Green Sandpiper on the
southern side.
We made a very brief call at
Cropston Reservoir where there were a number of martins feeding low over the
water. They were mainly Sand Martin but
we did locate at least two Swallow.
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