There had been two Temminck’s
Stints present yesterday evening on lagoon four but the news was no sign
today. Roger and I still decided to go
to lagoon four where we found six Avocets, a Little Ringed Plover, twelve
Ringed Plovers, four Sanderling, thirteen Dunlin, a Curlew and two
Redshanks. There was also thirty-six
Common Terns on the lagoon. A Red Kite
flew over the lagoon with the Avocets and Lapwings making sure it continued
heading south. There was a report that
the first brood of Avocets had hatched but we could not see them although the
longest sitting bird appeared to be quite restless.
Oystercatchers over lagoon four
Red Kite over lagoon four
Cormorant over lagoon four
We returned to the car park for lunch before having a quick look on lagoon one where there was a single Ringed Plover and Dunlin. We then went to shoveler hide on lagoon three where there were at forty Common Terns feeding over the water. We also saw three Red Kite higher overhead and a forth over lagoon four and a Short-eared Owl was observed over lagoon four before appearing to head off to the west.
A walk to lapwing hide but there was very little either on or over the water and crake hide produced some good views of a pair of Great Crested Grebes and at least two Reed Warbler could be heard singing but were not seen. A single Buzzard was observed over lagoon three as we began to walk back to the car park.
Drake Shelduck on lagoon three
Greylag Goose on lagoon three
Pair of Gadwall on lagoon three (note male already going into eclipse)
Great Crested Grebe from crake hide
Cormorant from crake hide
Swifts from crake hide
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