Just two nets set this morning owing to intermittent short showers. Four Grey Wagtails caught with a further six attracted but not caught. One Swallow flew fast northwards over the reserve around 09.30, also ten Meadow Pipits attracted but again not caught.
Grey Wagtail 4
Wren 1
Robin 3
Reed Warbler 1
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Blackcap 5
Chiffchaff 3
Willow Warbler 1
Blue Tit 1
Great Tit 1
Janet had a look after lunch
Cetti's warbler 1 singing from reed bed on the main pond.
Tufted Duck, still 5 on the main pond.
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| Female/immature Tufted Duck |
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| Tufted Duck drake |
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| Migrant Hawker |
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| Male Emperor |
South shore
Little Gull 1 adult on the inner end of No.1 outfall
Mediterranean gull 7 including 1 1cy on No.1 outfall.
I had a short walk out onto the shore late morning (Malcolm)
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| Some of the gulls on Red Nab. Great Black-Backed on the left Herring gull top right, Mediterranean gull top centre. The rest Black-Headed gulls |
Wheatear 2 (foreshore and Ocean Edge grass)
Pied Wagtail 12 and Linnet 8 also on Ocean Edge grass
Little Egret 5 on saltmarsh
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| Little Egret |
Grey Plover 2 high up the shore
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| Male Grey Plover still in summer plumage |
There were two main groups of Ringed Plover and Dunlin feeding high up the shore. 294 in total, at least 100 Ringed Plovers.
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| This is what they are feeding on, countless thousands of tiny snails. If you zoom in on this shot you can see the tracks the snails leave as they feed. |
Although there are other molluscs on the menu. Janet took these shots of a Ringed Plover close to the foreshore.
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| Each of the specks on the mud surface is a tiny snail |
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| But this one found a larger mollusc just below the surface. |
In the Nature Park
