A juvenile Black-tailed Godwit was on the Slurry Lagoon this afternoon. JMD.
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Dunlin – 3rd August
Three Dunlin were feeding along the edge of the Slurry Lagoon this afternoon and one Common Snipe was on the edge of the reeds. JMD.
Common Snipe – 28th July
A Common Snipe was feeding along the edge of the reeds at the left-hand side of the Slurry Lagoon this afternoon and a Little Ringed Plover and a Green Sandpiper were also present on the Slurry. JMD.
Green Sandpiper – 23rd July
Two Green Sandpipers were again on the Slurry Lagoon – an adult and a juvenile – resting and feeding. Also feeding along the Slurry edge was a Little Ringed Plover and among the gulls were at least three Yellow-legged Gulls. A new brood of five Tuftie ducklings were the first for the year and again along the path edges to the west of the Slurry Lagoon quite a number of Long-winged Coneheads were seen although they weren’t stridulating. JMD. PS.
Black-tailed Godwit – 5th July
Three beautiful summer plumaged Black-tailed Godwits were on the Slurry this afternoon feeding among the Black-headed Gulls and at the back of the Slurry right on the reed bed edge was a Common Sandpiper. JMD. PS.
Starling Roost – 27th June
Somewhere in the region of 2,500 – 3,000 starlings flew in to roost at the Lagoons this evening. It is difficult to be more accurate with numbers as birds were constantly moving and being joined by more. A Sparrowhawk was attracted to all this activity but didn’t manage to get lucky. At one point a huge flock flew along the Causeway settling everywhere, bushes, fences, in the grass and on the path itself – quite a sight. Eventually they all flew into the reeds to the right of the seat to roost for the night. JMD.
Hobby – 24th June
A Hobby caused pandamonium among the Tern Colony this afternoon when it flew around the platforms. All the adult Terns responded by taking to the air trying to drive it away which resulted in some spectacular aerial chases by both species. JMD.
Little Gull – 11th June
A Little Gull flew around the Deep Pit this evening and over the Tern Platforms before moving on to the Slurry. Also this evening a small Starling roost with perhaps 200 birds coming in to roost in the bushes and reeds. JMD.
Earlier on two Grasshopper Warblers were singing on the Deep Pit banks. PS.
Blue-tailed Damselfly – 19th May
A teneral Blue-tailed Damselfly was found today sheltering from the breeze on the hedge bordering the Large Gravel Pit and on the grassy embankment under the Railway Bridge a Stoat was watched for some minutes as it dragged a baby rabbit some distance into cover. JMD.
Hobby – 27th April
This afternoon a Hobby sat on one of the fence posts on the east side of the Deep Pit for some time before flying low around the Deep Pit and then away over the Railway Bridge to upset all the Swallows while on the opposite side a Cuckoo was cuckooing and hopping from post to post. JMD.
Later on a Bar-tailed Godwit flew through while three Garden Warblers sang in the Deep Pit. PS.