David, Roger and I went to
Eyebrook Reservoir this afternoon but saw very little on route with the best
being a Kestrel at David’s.
When we arrived at Eyebrook
Reservoir we had a brief chat with Phil at the bridge and then moved round to
view the inlet and the small area of mud, which was starting to produce
results. There was a Little Ringed
Plover, Ringed Plover, five Black-tailed Godwits, a Common Sandpiper and a
Green Sandpiper, which had all arrived since Tuesday. As we were scanning the area Tim called to
say that the two Little Terns seen at Rutland Water this morning were still
present and could be seen from Sandpiper Hide on Lagoon Four.
As this would be a patch tick
we set off and after parking in the Egleton car park headed off to the
hide. We saw three Chimney Sweeper moths
in the meadows, a Black-tailed Skimmer on the path and a Hairy Dragonfly over
the big meadow before reaching the hide and there was an Oystercatcher on the
path towards Lagoon Three as we came through the gate.
The two Little Terns were both
resting on the spit off island ten but after a short time they flew off and
began feeding along the western edge of the lagoon for quite a while before
returning to the spit. There were six
Oystercatchers, a Little Ringed Plover and two Ringed Plovers on the lagoon and
also three Little Egrets and an adult Yellow-legged Gull. Common Terns are clearly nesting on the
lagoon but to get a precise count was difficult as some birds are clearly
hidden but twelve at least were observed.
Two Red Kites and a Buzzard
were observed over Burley Wood, a second Buzzard was over the woodland near the
reedbed on Lagoon Three and a Hobby was observed feeding high over the North
Arm.
A visit to Shoveler Hide on
Lagoon Three wasn’t very productive with the water level being so high but we
did see a Little Grebe.
We returned to the Bird
Watching Centre and found pairs of Shelducks escorting broods of eleven and
three and there was also a fifth adult.
David found a single Wigeon in eclipse plumage amongst the more numerous
Gadwall and Mallard. A Buzzard was
observed over Brown’s Island and there another distant bird over
Hambleton. Scanning towards the south
arm we found three Ospreys, one heading west along the arm and the other two
may well have been one of the Manton Bay breeding birds and an intruder. With little else of interest we called it a
day and headed off home, seeing a Buzzard along the A47 near Allexton.
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