Another Lovely day on the reserve
a lot of activity all around the reserve
Draper Hide
Large numbers of Gadwall got to around 200 and gave up
100+ other ducks including Pochard one very nice female with 5 chicks
Tufted Duck- Mallard- Shoveller
Lapwing- Heron - Cormorant
Black Headed Gulls - Common Tern
Green Sandpiper - Little Grebe - Coot - Canada Geese
Shelduck
Trails
Canada Geese with young
Magpie - Chaffinch - Dunnock
Reed Warbler - Sedge Warbler Cettis (H)
Great Tit - Blue Tit - Long Tailed Tit - Robin
Swift
Lagoons
8 Swans - Cormorant
7 visible Coots nests dotted over water at the Tern Hide
Tufted Duck - Pochard - Gadwall
Lesser Black Backed Gull
Common Tern with chicks - Black headed Gulls chicks at lots of different stages
Reed Warbler- Tufted Duck - Cormorant
Kingfisher Hide
At least one Kestrel chick just visible at the back of the top box on the pylon, there was some movement but could only
make out one for now
Warbler Hide
As I reached the Hide I stopped outside on the ramp, flying across in fron of the hide was a Hobby with
what i first thought was a duck , in its talons as it crash landed in front of me i saw it was a female Kestrel
they had they talons locked together, they was a bit of a commotion then they flew off in opposite directions, the Hobby looking quite dishevelled, not sure what was going on there at all
After that excitement
Reed Warbler - Reed Bunting -Sedge Warbler all showing really well
Buzzard - 2 Hobby hunting low over meadow