Wednesday 8 May 2013

Cossington Meadows, Leicestershire - May 8, 2013


I visited Cossington Meadows following a report of two Spotted Redshanks and a Wood Sandpiper on Holbey Lake this morning.  After parking the car I walked through the reserve to the northern end and Holbey Lake.  The viewing of this lake is a bit limited but one of the Spotted Redshanks was immediately visible and it wasn’t too long before I found the Wood Sandpiper and the second Spotted Redshank.  There were also two Oystercatchers, at least four Little Ringed Plover and four Common Terns on the lake edges and several Swift and House Martins were overhead.  A Redshank was also found on the nest lake and a Little Egret was seen in a field with a flash and some horses.  Five Grasshopper Warblers had been reported and so I took a look on the walk back and heard one singing but couldn’t see in the dense vegetation.  There were also several Whitethroats and Reed Warblers and single Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler and Sedge Warbler were heard.

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