Friday, 27 October 2017

27th Oct - sunny, light NW, 14C

Mere lane lake; a look here this morning but generally quite with usual species seen including Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Reed Bunting and Meadow Pipit over.

Stanford Reservoir; here during the afternoon, lovely and sunny.  A Black-tailed Godwit on the point, unfortunately it seems to have only one leg.  About 30 Lapwing were also there. A male Goldeneye was my first of the autumn for this site.  Treecreeper were spotted in a couple of different locations, while the roving along-tailed Tit flock did not contain any notable Tit or Warbler species.

A Barn Owl was hunting over the reedbed at 1450h, maybe it has late young? Three Little Grebe were near the inlet bay. passerines seemed generally in short supply, a couple of Bullfinch, a few Chaffinches and 2 Cetti’s Warblers were found.  A single Grey Wagtail flew from the inlet.

Red Admiral and Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies were seen during the day.

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