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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