Friday, 9 August 2019

Rolling into August at the pits

  Common Blue 
 Black-tailed Godwit
 Brood of Tufted Duck
 View from north side

 Mandarin
 Mandarin
 Common Blue
 Common Blue 

Mandarin Duck became our 131st species of the year at the pits. The high water levels & westerly winds are certainly not helping us attract any passage waders. What I'd give for a Turnstone !

Last Sundays webcount was as follows :- 27 Little Grebe + broods, 1 juvenile Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 13 Mute Swans + young, 370 Greylag, 178 Canada Goose, 1 Mandarin, 6 Gadwall, 13 teal, 320 Mallard + five new broods, Sparrowhawk with 3+ fledged juvenile, 8 Buzzards + brood 2/3 in plantation, 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Water Rail, 149 Coot, 122 Lapwing, 1 breeding plumage Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 31 Black-headed Gull, 90 LBBG, 1 Herring Gull, one juvenile Cuckoo, 1 Swift, 3 Green 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 50 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, lots of Warblers including several Sedge & lesser Whitethroat, 20 Long-tailed Tits, several Coal Tits & Goldcrests, 350 Rooks, 150 Jackdaw & 4 Raven. Also 7 Painted Lady, 1 Holly Blue.

Another Hobby over Broom.  

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