Friday 12th September: Golden Plover & Greenshank
This morning overcast, calm and a bit nippy which lead to rather misty conditions on the Meadow.
Peering through the mist this morning revealed just the one GREENSHANK present along the north shore together with a dozen GOLDEN PLOVER. Apart from that it was the usual "background" autumn birds with plenty of lapwings, starlings, pied wagtails , wood pigeons and crows feeding in the grass. There are increasing numbers of wigeon, teal, gadwall and shoveler now present. The gulls consisting of black-headed gulls plus a few lesser black-backed.
No sign of any snipe, dunlin or ringed plover for the last few days: they are either too well hidden or the changed conditions with the lack of mud has lead them to go elsewhere.
Three herons © Peter Styles
Peering through the mist this morning revealed just the one GREENSHANK present along the north shore together with a dozen GOLDEN PLOVER. Apart from that it was the usual "background" autumn birds with plenty of lapwings, starlings, pied wagtails , wood pigeons and crows feeding in the grass. There are increasing numbers of wigeon, teal, gadwall and shoveler now present. The gulls consisting of black-headed gulls plus a few lesser black-backed.
No sign of any snipe, dunlin or ringed plover for the last few days: they are either too well hidden or the changed conditions with the lack of mud has lead them to go elsewhere.
Three herons © Peter Styles