Friday 18th July: Oystercatchers & Ruddy Shelduck & Yellow-Legged Gull
This morning overcast and cool though dry.
In the morning:
The three OYSTERCATCHERS were still present in the grass between the river and the floods more or less opposite the house boat. The godwit had gone but the single REDSHANK was still present. There was no sign of the dunlin but there was a LITTLE RINGED PLOVER mid way along the north shore. Just two LITTLE EGRETS were seen this morning. Still plenty of black-headed gulls, a few lesser black-backed gulls and herring gulls present. The COMMON TERNS still around. Also a pair of YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS.
In the evening:
2 REDSHANKS now and several DUNLIN (14 were reported on OOS today). Also 2 RUDDY SHELDUCK and a COMMON SHELDUCK though these flew off at around 9pm.
Some of the dunlin on the floods © Norman Gregory
In the morning:
The three OYSTERCATCHERS were still present in the grass between the river and the floods more or less opposite the house boat. The godwit had gone but the single REDSHANK was still present. There was no sign of the dunlin but there was a LITTLE RINGED PLOVER mid way along the north shore. Just two LITTLE EGRETS were seen this morning. Still plenty of black-headed gulls, a few lesser black-backed gulls and herring gulls present. The COMMON TERNS still around. Also a pair of YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS.
In the evening:
2 REDSHANKS now and several DUNLIN (14 were reported on OOS today). Also 2 RUDDY SHELDUCK and a COMMON SHELDUCK though these flew off at around 9pm.
Some of the dunlin on the floods © Norman Gregory