Brookie's Diary

• Friday, April 18, 2008 - Ospreys and Migrants at Rutland Water

It was good to get back to Rutland Water away from the Birdfair to see what this place had on offer. We started at the Lyndon Reserve where you can get great views of the Ospreys. We saw the Male and Female at the nest  site. The same male eating a fish a little while later, just a little bit away from the nest. They have I believe two nesting pair with four roaming males. Other birds at the site included returning migrants in the form of Willow Warbler,Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Swallow, Sand and House Martins. A few gulls including a single Little Gull. After a while we went round to the Egleton part of the reserve. Here there were a few returning Common Terns. Wildfowl today included Tufted Duck, Mallard, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon and still a few  Goldeneyes knocking about. Down at the dam wall Yellow, Pied and one White Wagtail and a single Wheatear The weather was very overcast very windy and very cold in an easterly wind we did still manage to notch up over 60 species see List

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