Sunday 13th July
A gorgeous start to the day with sunshine, clear blue skies and hardly a breeze.
The Meadow was looking great this morning on a very brief visit though there was definitely the sense of things quietening down. There were 3 REDSHANKS along the north shore, 4 LITTE EGRETS dotted about the place and the usual COMMON TERNS. There was a very large number of black-headed gulls around which weren't searched through for the med. gull so it's not known if it was still present. Having said that I did meet someone there who said that it had been around for the last couple of weeks! A single lesser black-backed gull was in the grass to the north of the floods and there was a grey heron family loafing around as well.
A sand martin © Steve Burch
The Meadow was looking great this morning on a very brief visit though there was definitely the sense of things quietening down. There were 3 REDSHANKS along the north shore, 4 LITTE EGRETS dotted about the place and the usual COMMON TERNS. There was a very large number of black-headed gulls around which weren't searched through for the med. gull so it's not known if it was still present. Having said that I did meet someone there who said that it had been around for the last couple of weeks! A single lesser black-backed gull was in the grass to the north of the floods and there was a grey heron family loafing around as well.
A sand martin © Steve Burch