Monday 9th June: Common Terns still
With good weather for the last few days the floods are receding and one can at least see a channel of land again between the floods and the river though it is still all rather lake-like.
At least 30 mute swans still and unsually 20+ coots around for some reason, only the one great crested grebe so perhaps the others have gone back to try again at raising a family. A pair of tufted duck was an unusual sight for the Meadow. The two COMMON TERNS still flying around. There were at least 3 juvenile pied wagtails along the path to Burgess Field and large numbers of newly fledged tits feeding in the hedges.
Down by the Aristotle Lane field at least a dozen house martins were congregating by one of the flood pools collecting mud for nests.
House Martins in Aristotle Lane © Peter Styles
At least 30 mute swans still and unsually 20+ coots around for some reason, only the one great crested grebe so perhaps the others have gone back to try again at raising a family. A pair of tufted duck was an unusual sight for the Meadow. The two COMMON TERNS still flying around. There were at least 3 juvenile pied wagtails along the path to Burgess Field and large numbers of newly fledged tits feeding in the hedges.
Down by the Aristotle Lane field at least a dozen house martins were congregating by one of the flood pools collecting mud for nests.
House Martins in Aristotle Lane © Peter Styles