Common Tern - Pair hawking round then off NW at 11am no feeding or display today, they obviously know they have no chance with Heron on one side and 2 Cormorant sat on the other side. No further sign up to me moving.
As predicted the other day the farmer was Ploughing the flood field as I left hopefully the Lapwing young moved off to another area
of note 9-1
Common Tern - A pair have taken up residency on the raft on the west pool displaying and chasing other birds off ,which is an unusual sight in the last few years but unlikely to breed as its mainly a hollow raft.I normally see a few through at this time of year but not passing fish , which the male seemed to travel across to partridge lakes to collect , it was coming back with decent size Rudd. we can only hope and see if they hang about. pic below
Mute Swan - 1 Pair on West pool (see pic below) The Female Common Tern has a ring
Cuckoo one that sounded like it had a sore throat on the Northern edge railway line
Coot - First brood of 7 hatched on the entrance pool , always nice to see
plus all the usual stuff
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 7th of May 2024 06:53:07 AM
Last 2 days nothing of great note apart from 7 singing Sedge Warbler ,pools almost birdless apart from 2 Great Crested Grebe ,a few Tufted Duck Little Grebe. Floods in fields rapidly drying up ,so expect the farmer to plough them soon ,as he was spraying the fields today so forget any insect life on those from now on . Pretty dour really for the time of year .