Sunday 30 September 2012

A day’s birding in Leicestershire & Rutland - September 29, 2012


Dave and I went to Dean’s Lane where we met Roger all hoping for some good visible migration.
It was relatively quiet but there was some movement of Skylark; Swallows, alba wagtails, Meadow Pipits, Chaffinch, Goldfinch and Linnet.

Roger and I then went to Rutland Water and visited the north arm first.  There was no sign of the Black-necked Grebe but we did find a single Ruff, two Black Terns and a Common Tern.  There were two Pintail and five Little Egrets and a Red Kite, two Sparrowhawks and several Buzzards were observed over Burley Wood.

There being little else we went to the centre and walked to lagoon four were a Curlew Sandpiper had been reported.  We did find two Dunlin, four Ruff and a Snipe but there was no sign of the Curlew Sandpiper.  There was also five Yellow-legged Gulls roosting and two Hobby were observed towards lagoon three.  We eventually went to lagoon three were plenty of birds, which were primarily Gadwall and Tufted Duck.
A final call at the centre failed to produce anything else although there must have been close 1000 Tufted Duck.


Canada Geese over the north arm


Wigeon over lagoon three



Adult Herring Gull over lagoon three


Comma close to badger hide


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