Went out today on the basis
that showers were forecast for the afternoon but none occurred.
At Eye Brook Reservoir the
brood of Shelduck appeared to only three, which was nine originally. An Osprey flew along the northern shore and
there were at least seven Common Terns present.
At Rutland Water I spent all
of my time around lagoons three and four but there was no sign of the reported
Dunlin and Turnstone seen earlier in the day but there was a Grey Plover on
lagoon four. I also found two Little
Ringed Plovers and two Ringed Plovers on lagoon four and a brood of Shelduck
containing seven young. The two
Oystercatcher chicks that I had not seen on Tuesday were observed and there
were three young Lapwings on island eight and one of the original four on
island three was still doing ok. The two
summer-plumage Little Gulls were still present and using lagoon four to rest
and preen and there was a single Redshank.
A immature Peregrine was also observed as it circled over lagoon three
before heading off west.
On lagoon three I could only
find a single Garganey, one of the males, but the female Pintail was still
present. I counted forty-one terns
feeding over lagoon three and there was a Green Sandpiper from bittern
hide. Two Red Kite were observed over
Burley Wood and a third over the Egleton car park ands even Buzzard were
observed.
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