Thursday 5th June: Common Tern
Good weather with no rain. However the combined effect of all the recent rain has meant that the river has burst its banks on the Meadow and the floods are once again a lake as large as at any time over the winter.
The COMMON TERN still around, hunting successfully as it was seen flying around with a fish in its mouth.
Elsewhere on the lake: nearly 40 mute swans, a few gadwall, a couple of shelduck and a dozen or so great crested grebes. There was no sign of any young grebes and I wonder if the flood waters have meant that lots of chicks and nests have had to be abandoned, hence the large gathering of birds.
On Burgess Field the usual warblers showing themselves occasionally.
The COMMON TERN still around, hunting successfully as it was seen flying around with a fish in its mouth.
Elsewhere on the lake: nearly 40 mute swans, a few gadwall, a couple of shelduck and a dozen or so great crested grebes. There was no sign of any young grebes and I wonder if the flood waters have meant that lots of chicks and nests have had to be abandoned, hence the large gathering of birds.
On Burgess Field the usual warblers showing themselves occasionally.