Well I thought I would make another attempt to see the Yellow Wagtail this morning. It was still at the reserve yesterday but alas it did not appear when I was there, AGAIN!! I went to the outside hides first where I watched 2 Mute Swans and a moorhen feeding.
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| Mute Swan |
The Tern Island only had nesting Black headed Gulls on it yet but there were 2 Sandwich and 1 Common Tern sitting on a wooden rail. The still photos are not as good as I would like but better than nothing but enjoy looking at the video.
Black headed Gulls nesting on Tern Island!
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| Sandwich Tern |
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| Common Tern |
When I went to the Observatory, as this was Saturday there were a good number of visitors. Unfortunately there were not many birds close at hand for them to see. Over on the other side there were 3 Lapwing nesting, 4 pairs of White Wagtail, Shoveler, Mallard and Teal duck, 3 Heron, the usual Gulls, 7 Arctic Tern, a few Oystercatcher and 1 Wheatear. It was especially lovely to see a female Mallard out with her brood of 10 very young Ducklings.
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| Grey Heron |
Only 1 Black tailed Godwit came near the Observation window.
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| Black tailed Godwit |
There were a good many Wood Pigeon feeding on the ground.
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| Wood Pigeon |
There was not even as many small birds on the feeders, just a couple of Greenfinch and Goldfinch.
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| Greenfinch on feeder |
Apart from a few Shelduck near the waters edge at the Obvervatory, there were quite a number on the other side of the reserve.
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| Shelduck |
A good variety there Margaret.
ReplyDeleteNice shot of the dribbling swan.
A nice selection Margaret! It's always the same with Tern rafts, the Black-headed Gulls tend to get there first!
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