I went to Eye Brook Reservoir
first today although the water levels are still very high with very little
exposed mud. Consequently there were no
waders present other than Lapwing. There
were two Little Egrets and I had five Buzzards soaring right over my head and
eventually saw eight and also three Red Kites.
There were a few butterflies
and I swa a Small Copper, a Red Admiral and two Peacocks.
One of the Buzards over the Eye Brook perimeter road
From Eye Brook Reservoir I
drove the short distance to Rutland Water and the north arm where there had
been four Black-necked Grebes yesterday evening but there was no sign
today. There were five Barnacle Geese,
six Little Egrets, a Common Sandpiper, a Greenshank and fifteen Common Terns.
On the reserve I went to
lagoon four were there was a Little Ringed Plover, two Ringed Plover, two
Dunlin, a Ruff, a Snipe, two Spotted Redshank, a Greenshank and a Redshank and
another twelve Common Tern. I Peregrine
flew over and a Hobby was observed over Burley Wood. Lagoon three is now full and other than
numerous Gadwall and Tufted Ducks there was little else although I did see two
Reed Warblers.
Wigeon over lagoon three
Gadwall over lagoon three
Gadwall over lagoon three
Juvenile Tufted Duck on lagoon four
Migrant Hawker from shoveler hide
From shoveler hide I went to
snipe hide on the wet meadow where there was another Snipe and Green
Sandpiper. A walk to wigeon hide
overlooking Manton Bay failed to produce Osprey as all three had probably
departed today.
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