Oystercatcher - Southampton Docks
Company at the Gravel Pits
Main Pit at Gravel Pits
On Sunday I headed down to the Gravel Pits and caught up with Jon by the wildlife lake. The long staying Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpipers were present once again. The warm sunshine seemed to benefit the birds and the hedge line and there were good numbers of Yellowhammer showing well. Across the road in the orchard 500+ newly arrived Fieldfare were feeding whilst the Redwing were taking advantage of the berries behind the main pit. The new migrants clearly caught the eye of the local Sparrowhawk who was doing his best to clinch an early breakfast.
Star of the morning was a female Goldeneye who was showing well on the main pit. I tried unsuccessfully to get a digiscope - the distance and morning mist made it impossible to get anything of decent quality. Waterfowl numbers were down on the previous week but this may have been as I had arrived early and they had not been displaced from other sites.
The site has a flourishing Little Grebe population, during this visit I counted 22 on the main pit.
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