1st July: Little Egrets
Another nice start to the day with a moderate breeze.
There were yet more birds on the Meadow this morning. Much in evidence were at least 120 black-headed gulls. There were also at least 100 lapwings and a good smattering of carrion crows, mute swans, coots and eclipsed ducks of various varieties. There were at least 4 COMMON TERNS this morning hunting over the floods.
On the wader front there were 5 LITTLE EGRETS mostly initially on the floods before flying to a small pool 50m north of the floods. There were also 2 REDSHANKS on the north shore near "Stint Corner".
Little egret © Peter Styles
There were yet more birds on the Meadow this morning. Much in evidence were at least 120 black-headed gulls. There were also at least 100 lapwings and a good smattering of carrion crows, mute swans, coots and eclipsed ducks of various varieties. There were at least 4 COMMON TERNS this morning hunting over the floods.
On the wader front there were 5 LITTLE EGRETS mostly initially on the floods before flying to a small pool 50m north of the floods. There were also 2 REDSHANKS on the north shore near "Stint Corner".
Little egret © Peter Styles