Little Ringed Plover beats the odds again

Keeping your head down

Little Ringed Plover chick

 

Main pit

Kestrel

Peek a boo

Bee Orchid

Meadow Brown

Lapwings on islands

Mute Swan Cygnets

Brown Hare

Green Woody

Yellow Wagtail

Line up

Yellow Wagtail

Meadow Brown

Black-tailed Skimmer

Common Buzzard

The pits have remained pretty disappointing in recent weeks. It's always a tough time of year. Perhaps the first returning Green Sandpiper might kick off a few returning waders.

Counts were: 11 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 9 Mute Swan + broods of 7 and 5, 11 Greylag + 4 young, 40 Canada Geese (includes 10 juv), 8 Gadwall (includes pair with one well-grown juv), 177 Mallard (brood total now 14), 64 Tufted Duck, male Kestrel, 72 Coot, 6 Little Ringed Plover and 2 chicks, 19 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Black-headed Gull, 8 LBB Gull, 2 male Cuckoo, 2 Green Woodpecker, probably 3 pairs of Yellow Wagtail carrying food, 2 male Cetti's Warbler + a fledged brood, other usual spp. 

There are plenty of Bee Orchids in flower at main pit and lots of dragonflies especially Black-tailed Skimmers and early Common Darter. The first Meadow Brown emerged this week and we also recorded 1 Painted Lady, 6 Common Blue & 2 Meadow Brown on Sunday.