Tag Archives: Bittern

Otter – 12th February

This morning two male Peregrines flew over the site in a territorial dispute. On the Slurry Lagoon the ducks and gulls were very unsettled. Eventually an Otter showed itself as the culprit, as it also flushed a Bittern from the reed-bed. Later in the morning a Buzzard flew across the Wader Scrape and was set upon by a male and a female Peregrine who made spectacular stoops and forced an ignominious retreat back to the plantation. A Great White Egret was seen at the back of the Large Gravel Pit. PS.

Bittern – 28th September

This morning two Bitterns were seen flying about the Slurry Lagoon. There was a slow passage of Swallows until late morning, when about fifty arrived to feed over the Slurry Lagoon. There were also three small groups of Common Snipe seen to fly around the site. PS.

In the late morning a Raven was seen on a pylon, a Hobby followed the Swallows and a Whinchat was found on the Ecopark. IEP.