With up to seven Bee-eaters
being reported at East Leake yesterday but with five flying off during the
evening we decided to wait for news before going. David then called me just after 07:00 to say
that three at least were still present and so David, Malcolm and I left my
house at 07:45 and after picking up Roger headed for East Leake.
Car parking had been arranged
on site at £5 a car and after parking we walked along the road to the bridal
path to view the birds. As we walked
along the path other birders informed us that there were six still present and
as we arrived we saw one through another birders scope. We set up our scopes and over the next
two-and-half hours saw at least four birds but there could easily have been
more as they weren’t always visible and we only saw four at any one time. It was quite remarkable at how successful
they were in catching insects with their success rate being close to 100%. We also had a pair mating and hopefully they
might well breed and they have also been seen to fly into Leicestershire and we
might yet get them on our county list, although they didn’t stray too far from
the tree during our visit.
Bee-eaters
Bee-eaters
Bee-eater
Bee-eater
Whilst on site we saw distant
Buzzards, a single Swift, a Green Woodpecker, two Raven, circa fifty Sand
Martin and at least two Yellow Wagtail and heard a Chiffchaff and a
Whitethroat.
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