I didn’t intend to go out
today but with a message indicating that the Glossy Ibis was on lagoon three and
quite close to shoveler hide and I decided to go over to hopefully get some
photos.
When I got to shoveler the
ibis was still present but took great delight in hiding amongst the Juncus and
was difficult to photograph. However
something spooked the birds, on and close to the shore, including the ibis and
they all flew out over lagoon three. The
ibis soon turned and after briefly coming down close to one of the islands,
flew again and then landed in the water between the hide and the closest
island. This allowed me to get some nice
shots of it both on the ground and in flight.
Glossy Ibis on lagoon three
With news of at least six
Sanderling on lagoon four I went to sandpiper hide but all I could find were a
Ringed Plovers and Dunlin. I learnt that
there had been fifteen Sanderling but that they had gone off high mid-morning. I therefore went back to the car park for
some lunch.
After lunch I returned to
shoveler hide but the ibis had flown off just before 14:00 and didn’t return,
although it was found again later in the north arm. I did see a Red Kite, four Buzzards and an
Osprey whilst in the hides and also several Oystercatchers and three
first-summer Little Gulls. It was also
nice to see a reasonable number of Swifts over the lagoons with at least three
hundred being present.
Great Crested Grebe on lagoon three
First-summer Little Gull over lagoon three
Swift over lagoon three
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