Wednesday 21st May
The weather again good in the morning with a gentle breeze making things cooler though.
No passage waders on the Meadow this morning so it looks like the ringed plover movement has finished and the turnstone has moved on. This just leaves the usual collection of mute swans (22), grey herons (3), gadwall, shoveler and the ubiquitous mallards. There were a few lapwings on the shoreline again.
Grey Heron © Adam Hartley
There was a rather nice treecreeper by the Aristotle Lane entrance to the Meadow.
It may well be that the summer doldrums are starting now so things may start to get rather quiet from now on.
Elsewhere in the county there was great excitement at the appearance of a great white egret at Farmoor Reservoir.
No passage waders on the Meadow this morning so it looks like the ringed plover movement has finished and the turnstone has moved on. This just leaves the usual collection of mute swans (22), grey herons (3), gadwall, shoveler and the ubiquitous mallards. There were a few lapwings on the shoreline again.
Grey Heron © Adam Hartley
There was a rather nice treecreeper by the Aristotle Lane entrance to the Meadow.
It may well be that the summer doldrums are starting now so things may start to get rather quiet from now on.
Elsewhere in the county there was great excitement at the appearance of a great white egret at Farmoor Reservoir.