Tuesday 10th June: Teal
This morning the weather still good but more overcast.
Still lots of mute swans and even more coots (26+) than yesterday, presumably (like the grebes a few days earlier), having lost their nests or chicks to the flood waters. The tufted ducks had gone as expected but there was a lone male TEALpresent, starting to go into eclipse. There was also a family of 5 grey herons.
In Burgess Field several flocks of newly fledged youngsters made a pleasant sight including whitethroats and reed buntings
Still lots of mute swans and even more coots (26+) than yesterday, presumably (like the grebes a few days earlier), having lost their nests or chicks to the flood waters. The tufted ducks had gone as expected but there was a lone male TEALpresent, starting to go into eclipse. There was also a family of 5 grey herons.
In Burgess Field several flocks of newly fledged youngsters made a pleasant sight including whitethroats and reed buntings