11 Black-tailed Godwits flew north over Soil Hill. A Cuckoo and two Wheatears also present.
Daniel Branch
Fly Flatts (Warley Moor Reservoir)
Nine Dunlin, five Common Sandpiper, two Oystercatcher, six Redshank, four Ringed Plover and 12 Herring Gulls.
Brian Sumner Brian's Blog
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| Ringed Plover at Fly Flatts photo: Brian Sumner |
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| Dunlin at Fly Flatts photo: Brian Sumner |
top to bottom: female Wheatear, male Kestrel, male Wheatear, Pied Wagtail, a submissive looking Robin and a hen Pheasant sitting on eggs.
Esholt Heronry
On a walk this afternoon within the Esholt water treatment estate I investigated what I took to be a nest in the top of a tree. In the top of a group of very tall conifers, around 80ft high, were several large nests, one of them creating the pig noises, clattering wings and shrieks, and perhaps three of the trees with large blue eggshells beneath, along with a lot of birdlime. I twice saw an adult heron visiting the noisy nest.
Mark Scrimshaw
A male Wheatear on the 11th fairway. Two separate pairs of Linnets in the area. Two singing Common Whitethroats.
Dowley Gap Water Treatment Works
4pm - About 100 hirundines, 70% Swallows, 20% House Martins, 10% Sand Martins were feeding over the filter beds.
Paul King