Friday 5th September: Farmoor Phalarope
This morning once more grey and drizzly.
The Meadow continues its quiet patch at present with the same birds as the last few days: the 3 GREENSHANKS, 10 RINGED PLOVER and 4 DUNLIN and a few SNIPE. The usual winter ducks now present: teal, shoveler, gadwall and wigeon though still in small numbers.
There were large numbers of swallows and a few house and sand martins hawking low over the fields and floods this morning, especially following the cattle as they moved about displacing flies.
Farmoor Phalarope
Somewhat off-topic but nearby at Farmoor reservoir a juvenile grey phalarope was found this morning and showed extremely well all day at the north west corner of F2.
The Farmoor grey phalarope, photographed (poorly) in very difficult conditions at lunch time when it was bobbing up and down in the waves © Adam Hartley
Come the evening, the bird was on the causeway shoreline and much more confiding © Pete Styles
The Meadow continues its quiet patch at present with the same birds as the last few days: the 3 GREENSHANKS, 10 RINGED PLOVER and 4 DUNLIN and a few SNIPE. The usual winter ducks now present: teal, shoveler, gadwall and wigeon though still in small numbers.
There were large numbers of swallows and a few house and sand martins hawking low over the fields and floods this morning, especially following the cattle as they moved about displacing flies.
Farmoor Phalarope
Somewhat off-topic but nearby at Farmoor reservoir a juvenile grey phalarope was found this morning and showed extremely well all day at the north west corner of F2.
The Farmoor grey phalarope, photographed (poorly) in very difficult conditions at lunch time when it was bobbing up and down in the waves © Adam HartleyCome the evening, the bird was on the causeway shoreline and much more confiding © Pete Styles