This morning the Peregrine was on the new pylon. One Black-tailed Godwit was on the Slurry Lagoon with about forty Lapwings and a Water Rail skipped across in front of the bench. A flock of fourteen Whimbrel flew over the site to the south-west and a cream-top Marsh Harrier flushed all of the gulls as it quartered the Slurry Lagoon reed-bed before dropping into the reeds, where it stayed. A Green Sandpiper and a Redshank were on the Ecopark, the Redshank later visiting the Slurry Lagoon. Sedge and Willow Warblers were seen and heard along with Whitethroat, young Blackcaps and plenty of Chiffchaffs. IEP.
Tag Archives: Slurry Lagoon
Whimbrel – 18th August
Redshank – 17th August
There was a flock of eleven Redshank on the Slurry Lagoon this morning, one of the largest numbers seen on the reserve. MC.
Redstart – 16th August
An adult male Redstart was by the bird table this evening. A Black-tailed Godwit and a Green Sandpiper were on the Slurry Lagoon. MC.
Black-tailed Godwit – 10th August
This morning, on the Slurry Lagoon, there were still two Black-tailed Godwits, as well as a Snipe and a Lapwing. Also present were five Egyptian Geese. PS.
In the afternoon at least ten Yellow-legged Gulls plus the juvenile Caspian Gull and a juvenile Mediterranean Gull were on the Deep Pit and a Hobby and a Red Kite were seen. MC.
Green Sandpiper – 7th August
This morning a Green Sandpiper was on the Slurry Lagoon, with two Lapwings and seven Egyptian Geese. SCw.
Yellow Wagtail – 29th July
This afternoon four Yellow Wagtails – three of them juveniles – were on the Ecopark. A Green Sandpiper was seen flying low over the Slurry Lagoon. IEP.
Mediterranean Gull – 27th July
This morning a Raven flew east over the site and later a Mediterranean Gull was seen with other gulls flying over towards the Enva site. Two young Peregrines were making practice stoops at each other over the Slurry Lagoon. PS.
Black Tern – 22nd July
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.
Caspian Tern – 20th July
This evening a Caspian Tern was seen flying around the Slurry Lagoon. It was probably the same bird as had been at Holme Pierrepont earlier on. MC.
Shoveler – 16th July
This morning a female Shoveler led six newly hatched ducklings across the Slurry Lagoon, in front of the Causeway bench. There were also up to ten young Little Grebes and a well grown Great Crested Grebe chick. PS.
