Saturday, 20 July 2024

20th July - most;ly cloudy, light SSW, 23C, a few spots rain pm.

Lilbourne Meadows; morning

10 Little Egrets, 3 Grey herons, a Common Sandpiper and three Green Sandpipers. Four Little Ringed Plovers and three Oystercatchers.
Shoveler families still present, although the eldest brood much more independent now.

Single Greenfinch, male on hedge top.

Stanford reservoir; afternoon.

Missed the Osprey again that has been visiting.
Common Sandpiper at dam area.  A Great-crested Grebe with two youngsters on the water.
Eight Linnets on the dam grass, several were juvs.   Two green Woodpeckers in this area too.

19 Common Terns were on the railings, two were juvs, plus others at the nest raft out of sight.




Three Swifts were high over.  A Kingfisher in BL Bay.

A few more Dragonflies around today and several gatekeeper butterflies near the Sand Martin bank.

Gatekeeper
Distant Great-crested Grebe chicks.




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