WIlley;
The four Redstarts were still present as found yesterday.
Lilbourne Meadows; morning
Five green Sandpipers on the (*shrinking) pools. Two Little Egrets too.
Two Whitethroats in the thick hedge. Kestrel Buzzard and Green woodpecker.
Bittesby Country Park; afternoon.
Th is new managed area is providing a lot of good habitat, we just need to see how it goes forward and what and where disturbance occurs. A new lake area is also present, but likely will be disturbed as it has a path all around, however as vegetation grows it may offer some suitable habitat. There are other large areas of sown flower and natural vegetation - this is great for the Skylarks, pipits, chats etc and again we need to see how this changes in the future.
A Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Common Blues and lots of Speckled Woods out today, as well as many Common Darters and a Brown Hawker Dragonfly.
Today, two Buzzards, two Kestrels, Pied Wagtail pair, Red Kite over, LBB and B-H Gulls dropped on to the lake.
c100 Goldfinch feeding on the thistles and a male Stonechat and female Whinchat. Another chat may have been present too.
Mere Lane lake;
Swallows kept dropping in for a drink and wash, including a single House and Sand Martin.
A juv Reed Warbler and three Reed Buntings showed well.
Two pair of Little Grebes had broods of three and two respectively, these must be their 2nd (or 3rd) broods as they definitely had some earlier in the summer.
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