Last year two broods of Garganey chicks appeared in the Wildlife Watchpoint Cut on the 27th June. It's all quiet on the Garganey front just now, so we're hoping that means the females are on eggs in a sedge bed somewhere. Fingers crossed !
The disastrous spring has meant very few Dragonflies around. There are only a handful of Black-tailed Skimmer and Four-spotted Chaser about.
Better news for Great Crested Grebes, we have young riding on the backs of parents at Paddy's, Haverton Hole and the Allotment Pool.
A Great Crested Grebe feeding stripey young.
Little Gulls continue to appear sporadically, and a Greenshank is currently at Haverton Gate. We've also had a brief Temmincks Stint this week along with 5 Sandwich Terns on the Main Lake.
More strangely a drake Pintail has been seen on Cowpen Marsh and the main site. We don't expect this is to be a breeding bird as it is always in the company of Mallards.
The first Sand Martin chick has tried to fly. Unfortunately, it's in a box on my desk, drying off. I will soon don my chest waders and venture out to the Sand Martin bank and try to place it in an active hole. This the birds best chance. It won't eat sandwiches or biscuits - I've tried.