I decided to go to Rutland
Water this afternoon despite the weather as a Spoonbill that had arrived
yesterday was still present.
As I drove over Manton Bridge
and Osprey was hovering close to the road, which was a good start. I signed in at the centre and was lucky as
one of the wardens gave me a lift around to snipe hide, which overlooks the wet
meadow where the Spoonbill had been.
The bird was still there but
spent most of the time in typical Spoonbill standing motionless with its bill
resting on its back. It did however
preen on several occasions showing its mainly pale pinkish bill and it also had
some black tips on the flight feathers indicating that it was a juvenile.
I spent quite some time
overlooking the small flash just outside snipe hide where I also located two
Green Sandpipers and a Common Sandpiper.
Three Ringed Plovers flew in from over lagoon one and settled briefly
before flying high to the south. There were
also three Teal, seven Shoveler and two Pochard with a few Gadwall and Mallard
present on the water and two Oystercatcher flew over.
I eventually walked back
towards the centre calling at mallard hide where I saw a second Osprey high
over south arm three and two Black-tailed Godwits resting on the edge of lagoon
one.
I continued past the centre
and went to sandpiper hide on lagoon four where I located an Oystercatcher,
another Ringed Plover, six Curlew, a Common Sandpiper and a single
Yellow-legged Gull. As I looked over
towards lagoon three I saw a female-type Marsh Harrier over the reed-bed.
It had not been a bad
afternoon considering the weather with a Spoonbill and a Marsh Harrier and few
waders.
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