With news of a Garganey, two
Black Terns and a Turnstone at Rutland Water David and I decided to go for an
afternoon visit. When we arrived we went
straight to Shoveler hide on lagoon three, which is where the Garganey and two
Black Terns were. When we arrived there
was no sign of the Black Terns or the Garganey and we found out that the
Garganey had only been seen by one person, who had managed to photograph
it. There were up to thirty Common Terns
feeding over the lagoon and we also saw a Sparrowhawk and Buzzard over the wood
to the north and an Osprey fishing over South Arm Three. Steve had joined us in the hide but all he
had seen was the Turnstone on lagoon four and so we decided to go and at least
try and find that.
From sandpiper hide we soon
found the Turnstone along with three Ringed Plovers, four Sanderling, ten
Dunlin, two Ruff and four Redshank. Whilst
in the hide Steve called to say that there was a Little Gull on lagoon three,
so back we went to Shoveler. We found
the adult flying some distance away but eventually it came much closer. It was an adult but surprisingly it didn’t
have a complete black hood.
We called at the centre before
we left but could only find a single Oystercatcher.
Not a very successful
afternoon and my third Black Tern dip in a week and to make matters worse Steve
and Erik had three Bar-tailed Godwits and a Curlew Sandpiper on lagoon four
after we had left.
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