Friday 19th September: Godwit & Golden Plover
This morning still calm, rather overcast to start with but brightening up later.
A brief visit to the Meadow this morning with bins only revealed a great increase in bird numbers with much of the water covered in ducks and geese. On the far west/south shore the BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (a juvenile I think) was still present. Along the north shore amongst the lapwings were about 20 GOLDEN PLOVER. 10 SNIPE flew up from the grass and zig-zagged away. A MEADOW PIPIT flew overhead in Burgess Field NR.
Early afternoon update: 6 lovely YELLOW WAGTAILS were along the east shore amongst the cattle. The godwit was still present though the golden plover had gone as had many of the ducks.
An obliging moorhen in the ditch by the Trap Grounds allotment gate © Adam Hartley
A brief visit to the Meadow this morning with bins only revealed a great increase in bird numbers with much of the water covered in ducks and geese. On the far west/south shore the BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (a juvenile I think) was still present. Along the north shore amongst the lapwings were about 20 GOLDEN PLOVER. 10 SNIPE flew up from the grass and zig-zagged away. A MEADOW PIPIT flew overhead in Burgess Field NR.
Early afternoon update: 6 lovely YELLOW WAGTAILS were along the east shore amongst the cattle. The godwit was still present though the golden plover had gone as had many of the ducks.
An obliging moorhen in the ditch by the Trap Grounds allotment gate © Adam Hartley