This morning between four and six Hobbies were seen over the Gravel Pits. A Grasshopper Warbler was reeling on the Ecopark. JV.
Grasshopper Warbler – Jason Vickers.
In the late afternoon two Dingy Skippers were seen on the Butterfly Bank. JDn.
Dingy Skipper – Jackie Dennison.
This morning there were two Hobbies around the Gravel Pits. A Red Kite flew over fairly high and a Peregrine did a low level sortie. JV
Peregrine – Jason Vickers.
Early this morning, three Hobbies were seen over the Gravel Pits. Later on a passage of Swifts were passing over the site, 57 were counted. Several Green Hairstreaks were seen, mainly along the Pylon Path. JV./MT.
This morning, during the Monthly Bird Count, a Peregrine was seen on the New Pylon and two Grasshopper Warblers were heard reeling beside the gravel pits. A Yellow Wagtail was seen on the Eco-park. PS.
This morning a Peregrine, two Common Terns and two Redpolls were seen over the Slurry Lagoon. A Grasshopper Warbler and two Whitethroats were by the Gravel Pits and four Lesser Whitethroats were heard around the site. PS.
This morning a Wigeon and a juvenile Shelduck were on the Slurry Lagoon. In the afternoon a Hobby was seen over the Gravel Pits. PS.
This morning, during the Warbler Walk, an Osprey was seen low over the Slurry Lagoon and gravel pits. Nine species of warbler were listened to but there was no sign of the Grasshopper Warblers, and a Cuckoo was heard. PS.
This morning there were two Cuckoos around the Gravel Pits. More Reed Wablers have arrived, with numbers now topping twenty singing males, and, in the afternoon, a Hobby was seen over the Slurry Lagoon dry end. PS.
This afternoon a Barn Owl was seen hunting around the Gravel Pits. Also a large Fox was seen on the Causeway. SC.
This evening two Shelduck settled on the Deep Pit, where an Oystercatcher was resting on a tern platform. A murmuration of about 1,000 Starlings attracted a Peregrine and the Barn Owl was seen hunting around the Gravel Pits and Deep Pit. PS.