Tag Archives: Common Tern

Black Tern – 22nd July

July 22, 2022Recent wildlife sightings2022, 22nd July, Black Tern, Black-tailed godwit, Common Tern, Slurry LagoonPete Smith

This morning there was a Black Tern feeding over the Slurry Lagoon with the Common Terns. PS

In the afternoon there were three Black-tailed Godwits on the Slurry Lagoon. JDn.

Marsh Harrier – 23rd June

June 23, 2022Recent wildlife sightings2022, 23rd June, Common Tern, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Shoveler, Slurry LagoonPete Smith

This morning a Hobby flew over the Slurry Lagoon. A little later a superb adult male Marsh Harrier investigated the reed beds, but was driven off by the Common Terns. The male and female Shoveler were also still present. PS

Whinchat – 5th May

May 5, 2022Recent wildlife sightings2022, 5th May, Common Tern, Deep Pit, Dingy Skipper, Ecopark, Green Hairstreak, Hobby, Holly Blue, Little Ringed Plover, Lower Path, Whinchat, Yellow WagtailPete Smith

This morning a female Winchat was on the Ecopark along with a Yellow Wagtail and 3 LRPs.
A Hobby passed over the Deep Pit heading south and there were six Common Terns on the Deep Pit. IEP.

Later on a male Whinchat was reported on the Ecopark. JDn/RW.

Five Holly Blues, five Green Hairstreaks and a Dingy Skipper were seen around the Deep Pit and along the Lower Path. PS.

Brown Argus – 30th April

April 30, 2022Recent wildlife sightings2022, 30th April, Brown Argus, Butterfly Bank, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Tern, Deep Pit, Dingy Skipper, Green Hairstreak, Large Gravel PitPete Smith

This morning there were three Common Terns displaying over the Deep Pit and a teneral Common Blue Damselfly was found at the back of the Large Gravel Pit. Four Green Hairstreaks and two Dingy Skippers were seen on the Butterfly Bank. PS.

In the afternoon a Brown Argus was also seen on the Butterfly Bank. RW.

Wood Sandpiper – 28th April

April 28, 2022Recent wildlife sightings2022, 28th April, Common Tern, cuckoo, Deep Pit, Ecopark, Swallow, Wood SandpiperPete Smith

A Wood Sandpiper was seen, early afternoon, on the Ecopark. RW.

In the morning the Cuckoo was about, Swallows were passing through on passage and a Common Tern visited the Deep Pit. IEP.

Common Tern – 26th April

April 26, 2022Recent wildlife sightings2022, 26th April, Common Tern, Curlew, Deep Pit, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Slurry LagoonPete Smith

This morning a female Marsh Harrier was hunting over the Slurry Lagoon reed-bed. She then circled for height and flew to the NE. Two Common Terns were over the Deep Pit and then flew SE towards Holme Pierrepont. A Red Kite was chased across the site by a Carrion Crow, N to S and a Curlew flew over the site, S to N. There were three Garden Warblers singing and four Lesser Whitethroats singing. PS.

Red-eared Terrapin – 17th July

July 17, 2021Recent wildlife sightings17th July, 2021, Common Tern, Emperor Dragonfly, great spotted woodpecker, Jay, kingfisher, Red-eared TerrapinPete Smith

This morning the first of the fledged Common Terns was seen over the Slurry Lagoon. Also seen there was an egg-laying Emperor Dragonfly, a Kingfisher and a Red-eared Terrapin (somebody’s unwanted pet). On the railway embankment were two Jays, and a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker was in the dead sycamore. PS.

Grasshopper Warbler – 20th June

June 20, 2021Recent wildlife sightings2021, 20th June, Common Tern, Grasshopper Warbler, Large Gravel Pit, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow WalkPete Smith

This morning a Grasshopper Warbler was heard reeling around the northern end of the Large Gravel Pit. A Lesser Whitethroat was also heard close to the Willow Walk and there are more tern chicks visible on the tern rafts.

Ruddy Shelduck – 11th May

May 11, 2021Recent wildlife sightings11th May, 2021, Common Tern, cuckoo, Garden Warbler, Lapwing, Large Gravel Pit, Lesser Whitethroat, Ruddy Shelduck, Slurry Lagoon, TreecreeperPete Smith

This morning there were three Lapwings, four Common Terns and a Ruddy Shelduck (flew over) on the Ecopark. A Treecreeper was by the bridge from the Ouse Dyke, and there were two Cuckoo’s on site, one around the Large Gravel pit, one perched in a birch in the Slurry Lagoon reeds. Also there was a Lesser Whitethroat and Garden Warbler amongst the warblers. IEP.

Osprey – 5th May

May 5, 2021Recent wildlife sightings2021, 5th May, Common Tern, Deep Pit, Dunlin, Garden Warbler, hirundines, Osprey, Ringed Plover, Slurry Lagoon, Swift, Willow Warbler, Wood SandpiperPete Smith

This morning there were two Swifts with the hirundines feeding over the Slurry Lagoon and Deep Pit. Four Garden Warblers and five Willow Warblers were heard singing. PS.

In the late afternoon an Osprey flew over the Deep Pit, mobbed by at least twelve Common Terns. The Ecopark had one Wood Sandpiper, one Ringed Plover and a Dunlin. RW.