And more of the same rather dull cold weather. Hundreds possibly thousands of swallows are using the lakes to feed up on, they seem reluctant to leave.
Longham Lakes – more Hirundines
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Morden Bog – Dartfords
A least two pairs are nesting on the heath, they have been slow to re-populate the area after the cold winters devastated their numbers.
Longham lakes – Hirundines
A real washout of a weekend with the only event of note being the mass arrival of the Swifts, hundreds of which were skimming low over the lakes with the swallows and martins. A couple of Little Gulls were also present but stayed out of range on the big lake.
Morden Bog – Siskins
The last two weeks of rain and showers have freshened up the bog.
Before the rains.
and after.
The Siskins were feeding their fledglings by the ruined cottage.
First dragonfly of the year a Four-spotted chaser.
Morden – Woodlark
The first brood of Woodlarks are already up and about and unusually for this time of year a Marsh Harrier was quartering the decoy pond. Nice to see a few more flowers appearing.
Juvenile Woodlark.
Marsh Harrier.
Grey Wagtail.
Lousewort.
Bee orchid florettes.