I went to Rutland Water and
arrived before the centre was open and therefore walked straight to lagoon four
and dunlin hide. There were eight Ringed
Plovers and five Dunlin on the first spit and two Green Sandpipers flew in but
there appeared to be little else until a Greenshank appeared. There was an Osprey sitting on the man-made
nest and it caused some disturbance as it flew off towards the north arm. There were quite a few gulls present, mainly
Black-headed but there were also several Common, Lesser Black-backed and Great
Black-backed and three Yellow-legged Gulls.
A Common Sandpiper and two Yellow Wagtails were found on the far side of
the lagoon but as there appeared to be little else I moved to shoveler hide on
lagoon three. Very little here except
for a concentration of both Gadwall and Tufted Duck. I went back to plover hide on lagoon four
where I found a single Black-tailed Godwit and a Turtle Dove flew over.
I called at the centre before
walking onto snipe hide overlooking the wet meadow where there were at least
three Green Sandpipers and two Snipe, my first here since early April. The family party of seven young and two adult
Shelduck were still present on the lagoon, nice as they appear to be the only
ones successful this year. The juvenile
Marsh Harrier was then observed as it quartered the wet meadow but it was
eventually harassed by a number of Common Terns and headed off over lagoon one.
It was now turning very hot so
I decided to call it a day.
Juvenile Marsh Harrier over the wet meadow
Female Kestrel over lagoon four
Lapwing over the wet meadow
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker at the Egleton feeding station
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