I went to the north arm at
Rutland Water first as a Bar-tailed Godwit had been reported earlier. A Little Egret was located and three Buzzards
were observed over Burley Wood but the only waders present were four
Oystercatcher. Two House Martins were
observed over the north arm and only three Goldeneye remained.
It all looked very quiet on
lagoon one on the Egleton Reserved so after lunch I walked to snipe hide as a
Whitethroat had been reported. There was
no sign of the Whitethroat but I did see a distant Red Kite over Burley Wood
and circa thirty Sand Martin over lagoon two.
I walked back to the centre calling in mallard hide where there were
twenty-four Black-tailed Godwits feeding to the right on the edge of the
lagoon. There were all ‘Islandica’
and in summer plumage and the winter plumage Bar-tailed Godwit was with them.
Black-tailed Godwits on lagoon one
Black-tailed and single Bar-tailed Godwits over lagoon one
Having had some good views of
the godwits and the rain easing I set off for lagoon three where I had two
superb adult summer Little Gulls and two first-year birds. I then moved to plover hide on lagoon four
where I saw four Avocets, two Little Ringed Plovers, four Ringed Plover, a
Green Sandpiper and four Redshanks. As
the next shower departed a set of back to the centre and heard a Grasshopper
Warbler and saw it briefly just before the path to shoveler hide.
The number of Common Terns had
increased and I counted thirty-five with birds in the north arm and lagoons
one, three and four.
Great Crested Grebe on lagoon four
Pair of Gadwall alighting on lagoon three
Male Sparrowhawk over lagoon four
Avocet on lagoon four
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