21/08/2022

Wood Warbler at the observatory

The trapping area was busy yesterday morning, Willow Warblers and Common Whitethroats provided the numbers , Wood Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher provided the quality with a few Reed and Sedge warblers.

Pied Flycatcher at the observatory

Polish ringed Black-headed Gull TJVV back for its 3rd winter the fishing boats

The sea was again unproductive. Around the reserve the usual Egrets and Ibis, Wood, Green and Common Sandpipers, Black-tailed Godwits, Ruff, Little and Ringed Plovers etc.

Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull

Juvenile Herring Gull with a Whiting

Pied Flycatcher in a private garden this afternoon

Pied Flycatcher in a private garden this afternoon

Not so many birds around the trapping area but at least 2 Pied Flycatchers, a Redstart and an Osprey provided some quality. The reserve was also less bird but most waders and Herons could still be found.

Osprey over the beach this afternoon on its way across the channel