Hello All
As you are aware our pair of kingfishers are currently feeding the young on their 3rd brood! Hurrah. The eggs hatched about a week ago, so they are due to fledge around the 20 August. This is quite an early end to the breeding season for them as they started their first brood early in the season and the second and third broods overlapped. Three broods is the usual amount we archive from the pairs at the kingfisher hide, although most pairs in other areas only raise 2. However, in BIG news! Yesterday our pair were seen mating again! This is amazing i have never heard of kingfishers raising a fourth brood so we will keep an eye on them and see if we have a pair of record breaking kingfishers!!!!
Snipe
Garganey
Sadly there was no sign of the spotted crake yesterday, however, there were 2 garganey, 6 snipe, 5 grey herons, 2 green woodpecker (1 adult, 1 juvenile), cettis warbler, 4 green sandpiper, 2 swift, kestrel, lapwing 2 and 1 little egret. We also have a family group of water voles including 3 juveniles using the feeding platform, cute.
Juvenile water vole, so cute
Thanks
Vicky