The Green Sandpiper is still present but likes to hide behind the roosting ducks on the extreme left hand side of the Slurry Lagoon. A Little Ringed Plover tried to feed along the water’s edge but was chased away by the Common Terns. The Gadwall ducklings are doing well and have been joined by a new brood of Pochard ducklings today. JMD.
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Mediterranean Gull – 30th June
An adult Med Gull was preening for some time on the Slurry Lagoon late afternoon. Also present was a Black-tailed Godwit and a Green Sandpiper plus an adult Little Ringed Plover. The Gadwall reported the other day with eleven ducklings has increased her brood to an incredible fourteen! JMD.
Little Ringed Plover – 26th June
This morning there was a juvenile Little Ringed Plover on the Slurry Lagoon. There were still eight Red-crested Pochard and the Gadwall had all eleven ducklings and the Mallard still had her five. There were good numbers of Small Skippers about and two Black-tailed Skimmers and one Four-spotted Chaser with some Red-eyed Damselflies on the Small Gravel Pit. PS. AE
A juvenile Little Ringed Plover was feeding on the Slurry Lagoon’s waters’ edge for some time this afternoon. There were also still four Red-crested Pochards on the Slurry and the Gadwall still has all eleven of her ducklings. Unexpectedly not many butterflies were about – the most interesting being a Small Skipper. JMD.
Dunlin – 23rd May
A single Dunlin was feeding along the Slurry edge this evening while behind him two Yellow Wagtails were weaving in and out of the reeds. The Cetti’s was calling well and a Cuckoo managed to cling on to a branch of a tree in the Deep Pit and sing at the same time and again Swifts were zooming around coming very low over the Site. JMD.
Ringed Plover – 18th May
This evening four Ringed Plover were feeding along the Slurry water’s edge while on the Causeway there were two Yellow Wagtails and Swifts were flying low around the Site acting more like Swallows. JMD.
Lesser Whitethroat – 9th April
A Lesser Whitethroat was heard and seen near the bench half-way down the North-East side of the Slurry Lagoon late this afternoon and four House Martins were also seen. PB.
Barn Owl – 19th January
The Barn Owl was again hunting around the Gravel Pits late afternoon and was seen to take what looked like a Short-tailed Vole. Also this afternoon two Peregrine Falcons were hunting from their favourite pylon and a single Little Egret was in and around the Ouse Dyke. As dusk fell 37 Pink-footed Geese flew over the Site heading North West. JMD. PS. RW.
Peregrine – 9th December
A Peregrine was again using the pylons as a look-out to hunt from while the Ouse Dyke is attracting more Little Egrets with eight seen today plus a Kingfisher and Snipe. A Curlew flew over S.T. fields quite low calling and on the river were five Goosander – four males and a female. JMD.
Little Egrets – 30th November
Four Little Egrets were in and out of the Ouse Dyke early afternoon and at least four Common Snipe also flew out of the Dyke. JMD.
Peregrine – 26th November
The Peregrine was sitting on his favourite pylon this afternoon making sorties over the ploughed field but I didn’t see him catch anything. In the Ouse Dyke two Little Egrets were again fishing and on the Large Gravel Pit the five Red-crested Pochard are still present. JMD.