I called at Eye Brook
Reservoir first this morning although it was rather quiet with just a single
Little Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper present in terms of waders. There were twenty-two Common Terns and a
single Yellow-legged Gull was also observed.
There was only one adult Shelduck present with the two young, which are
now well grown but not yet fledged.
Seven Swift were found amongst a party of circa forty Sand Martin and a
Great Spotted Woodpecker flew over. The
only warblers observed were two Whitethroats with a third being heard.
From Eye Brook Reservoir I
went straight to the Egleton car park at Rutland Water and walked to lagoon
three. There had been quite a few waders
present yesterday evening including three Ruff and seventeen Green Sandpipers
but there was no sign of the Ruff and I could only find seven Green
Sandpipers. There were four Curlew,
unusual on this lagoon, and two Greenshanks and a Snipe was also observed
briefly. Like at Eye Brook Reservoir
only one adult Shelduck remained with the two young that are at a similar stage
to those at Eye Brook Reservoir. There
were two Little Egrets initially but they both flew off to the west and a
juvenile Yellow Wagtail was observed in flight before it perched on top of the
small reed-bed and then disappeared.
Curlew on lagoon three
I walked to plover hide on
lagoon four were there was a second brood of Ringed Plovers on the northern
edge of island four. One of the adults
was continuously harassing the two Little Ringed Plovers that were nesting
close by and were seen to leave the nest on numerous occasions. Hopefully with the hot weather this will not
have be detrimental to their success.
The three first-summer Little Gulls were observed on the far side of the
lagoon amongst a small party of Black-headed Gulls. Two distant Buzzard were observed to the
south of Oakham but there was little esle of note and I returned to the car
park for some lunch.
Brown Hawker
Ken arrived just after I
finished my lunch and we walked back to shoveler hide on lagoon three, calling
at redshank and grebe hides on lagoon two to check for the Kingfisher but with
same result as earlier.
The Curlew, Green Sandpiper
and Greenshanks were all still present on lagoon three and two Black Terns were
observed over the water. An Osprey also
flew over and a second was observed over the north arm as the first headed in
that direction.
Cormorant over lagoon three
Egyptian Goose on lagoon three
Oystercatcher over lagoon three
Lapwing chick on lagoon three
Curlew on lagoon three
Curlew on lagoon three
Greenshank on lagoon three
Greenshank on lagoon three
A further check from smew hide
failed to produce the Kingfisher but we did have brief views of a Water Rail
from bittern hide on lagoon three.
Water Rail from bittern hide
Moorhen chick from bittern hide
Common Tern from bittern hide
Our final port of call was
sandpiper hide on lagoon four that produced further views of the three
first-summer Little Gulls and a distant buzzard over Burley Wood but nothing else
of note.
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