Cuckoo on main pit
Garganey (Dennis Sinton)
Wood Sandpiper (Dennis Sinton)
Sunday count day
Wood Sandpiper (Dennis Sinton)
An amazing three patch year ticks for the pits last week in various circumstances. The first one was a Wood Sandpiper recognised by a photograph that Marion & Dennis sent me. Sadly with being away I didn't get the image until I'd returned home, but a great record for the site.
The second bird was a drake Garganey I found on Saturday when doing the morning shift with the Squire. Thankfully the bird was present enabling all the locals to see the duck. This was very much a new record for the site as we only tend to get Garganeys in the autumn.
The final bird was a Spotted Flycatcher picked up by Jon late on Sunday morning after a pretty uneventful session of birding. Sightings included :- 9 pairs of Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 10 Mute Swan (1 nest), 3 Greylag, 47 Canada Geese (3 broods), 12 Gadwall, 1 feamle Teal, 133 Mallard (13 broods), 1 drake Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 58 Tufted Duck, 14 Moorhen, 82 Coot, 2 pairs of Oystercatcher (1-2 young), 4 pairs of Little Ringed-Plover, a pair of Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Black-headed Gull (1 nest), 25 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 pairs of Cuckoo, 1 Sand Martin, a pair of Meadow Pipit, 1 male Yellow Wagtail, 2 singing Sedge Warbler, 29 singing Reed Warbler, brood of Long-tailed Tits, pair of Ravens, Sparrowhawk & a Spotted Flycatcher.
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