I went to Rutland Water this
afternoon with Dave as I will be unable to go tomorrow as I am changing my car.
We went straight to the
Egleton Reserve and initially viewed lagoon one from the centre. The Black-tailed Godwit was still present on
the lagoon island and there was also a single Oystercatcher and Curlew. There was little else of note except for four
Shelduck.
We the visited buzzard hide on
lagoon three as we would be out of the wind in this hide. Another two Shelduck, a Little Grebe and an
Oystercatcher were the highlights but there was also a selection of commoner
wildfowl, including a couple of Goldeneye and several Pochard. We could see a few Sand Martins over the
north arm and also saw a couple of Red Kites and Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk and a
single Osprey. Four more Oystercatchers
were observed in flight over lagoon four.
Song Thrush on the Egleton Meadows
Song Thrush on the Egleton Meadows
Great Crested Grebe on lagoon three
Drake Shelduck on lagoon three
Drake Tufted Duck on lagoon three
From sandpiper hide on lagoon
four we had a total of eight Red Kites over Burley Wood, five to the west of
the house and three more well to the east.
There was also a couple of Buzzard near the filter beds just beyond the
lagoon. There were sixteen Shelduck on
the lagoon and we did find five Ringed Plovers, four Dunlin and seven Redshanks
and two Avocets flew in just before we departed and a Green Woodpecker was
observed in flight over one of the bunds.
First-winter Herring Gull over lagoon four
As we started to walk back to
the centre we had some nice views of a Green Woodpecker as it perched in a tree
and then what was probably the same bird on a post in the first meadow. As we approached lagoon one, we could see the
Barn Owl in the entrance to the nest box on Brown’s Island and two Great
Spotted Woodpecker were disturbed from a tree close to the centre.
Nothing new this afternoon but
we did have a good selection of birds for an afternoon session.
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