Saturday 6th September: Common Terns
This morning grey and overcast still.
The recent rain has topped up the floods nicely with all the dried mud being resubmerged. On the bird front it was another case of business as usual: the 3 GREENSHANKS still present, 9 RINGED PLOVER and 5 DUNLIN down in the south channel. At least 7 SNIPE hidden in the flooded grass though there were almost certainly a lot more about. In amongst the usual black-headed gulls were a flock of 15 COMMON TERNS. No sign of the garganey though plenty of teal, gadwall and wigeon. The LITTLE EGRET back in the Burgess Field ditch.
A ringed plover this morning © Adam Hartley
The recent rain has topped up the floods nicely with all the dried mud being resubmerged. On the bird front it was another case of business as usual: the 3 GREENSHANKS still present, 9 RINGED PLOVER and 5 DUNLIN down in the south channel. At least 7 SNIPE hidden in the flooded grass though there were almost certainly a lot more about. In amongst the usual black-headed gulls were a flock of 15 COMMON TERNS. No sign of the garganey though plenty of teal, gadwall and wigeon. The LITTLE EGRET back in the Burgess Field ditch.
A ringed plover this morning © Adam Hartley