Hobbys have putting on superb displays around the reserve
These 3 Glossy Ibis dropped into the ARC late morning today
The long staying Glossy Ibis on the ARC
Great White Egrets have started to reappear around the reserve
It was quite pleasant to go out early morning and not get blasted by the the incessant near gale force winds that have plagued the peninsula for the last few days. Hopefully from tonight onwards the moth trap will start catching numbers of moths.
The first Black-necked Grebe of the autumn on the ARC from Hanson
Avocets and Black-tailed Godwits
On my second visit of the day to the ARC mid morning I joined Pete and Pam in Hanson Hide, where among the 100s of eclipse wildfowl they had located 2 Pochard bearing Nasal Saddles, also there were 4 Avocet, 17 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Redshank, a Ringed Plover, Oystercatchers and Lapwings, 4 Glossy Ibis, Great White and Little Egrets, 2 flyover Cattle Egrets early morning, a Kingfisher, 2 Cuckoos, 4 Hobby's and the usual Marsh harriers, Common Buzzards and Reed bed Warblers. It seems that Dennis's Hide has been closed due to a Bees nest, so as there are no other hides for viewing Burrowes I gave the reserve proper a miss.
An adult Common Whitethroat looking rather tatty after its parental duties
2 Common Pochard bearing nasal saddles on the ARC today spotted by Pete and Pam, probably French birds.
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