Black-tailed Godwit (Main Pit)
Black-tailed Godwit (Main Pit)
Brown Hare (Old workings)
Yellow Wagtail (Mark Clarke)
Little Ringed Plover (Mark Clarke)
Song Thrush
The breakaway
Tour of Britain
Red Kite
Dunlin on main pit
Cuckoo on south lagoons
Mike Inskip with Pyramidal Orchid
Pyramidal Orchid
The bird of the week was a Black-tailed Godwit discovered by Mike Inskip on Thursday (still present on Sunday). A Great Crested Grebe was also present.
Saturdays only change saw a Redshank arrive on the main pit with 250-300 Swifts feeding above.
Sunday was the WeBS count, so myself and Jon did every part of the site hoping to find something new. A Dunlin was with one of the four adult Little Ringed Plovers whilst a Red Kite headed south towards the village.
Counts also included :- 14 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 11 Mute Swan + 7 young, 6 Greylag, 50 Canada Geese + 21 young, 33 Gadwall + 2 young, a female Teal (Male had been present on Friday & Saturday), 182 Mallard + 14 Broods so far, 48 Tufted Duck, 12 Moorhen, 128 Coot + broods, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 14 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Black-headed Gull, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 35 Stock Dove, 2 Cuckoo, 240 Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 40 House Martin, singing Yellow Wagtail, 16 Reed Warbler territories, 1 Jay, 9 Reed Bunting territories,
Butterflies recorded were a Painted Lady & 11 Ringlet whilst Francis Peplow counted 46 spikes of Bee Orchid & a Pyramidal Orchid was also in flower.
The morning concluded with our two regular Common Terns coming in from Ragley.
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