Monday 14th July: Lots of egrets
This morning the weather starting out sunny and clear though with a bit of a breeze, clouding over later.
The Meadow has definitely quietened down now. Up to 11 LITTLE EGRETS reported (WoM) on the floods and 2 REDSHANK were the highlights. Apart from that, the COMMON TERNS still present and even larger numbers of gulls including serveral lesser black-backed gulls amongst the black-headed gulls. The med. gull wasn't seen but again wasn't meticulously looked for. There were also large numbers of lapwings this morning, perhaps getting on for 100.
A collection of little egrets © Peter Styles
The Meadow has definitely quietened down now. Up to 11 LITTLE EGRETS reported (WoM) on the floods and 2 REDSHANK were the highlights. Apart from that, the COMMON TERNS still present and even larger numbers of gulls including serveral lesser black-backed gulls amongst the black-headed gulls. The med. gull wasn't seen but again wasn't meticulously looked for. There were also large numbers of lapwings this morning, perhaps getting on for 100.
A collection of little egrets © Peter Styles