I have recently taken a couple of visits to Lodmoor RSPB where
there has been a varied selection of shorebirds frequenting the muddy edges on
the reserve. The gulls and shorebirds took flight this afternoon and by the
gulls reaction they had spied a raptor overhead. A search of the skies revealed
an Osprey that was circling high over the reserve. The gull did not hang around
departing the area.
A Whimbrel had been feeding in an area with Black Tailed and
Bar Tailed Godwits and Dunlin.
A Common Sandpiper was seen along the west side of the
reserve flitting between the mud islands in search of food.
Terns have been well represented with a couple of Sandwich Tern today and a group of Common Tern last week that did not remain on the reserve despite a colony breeding each year on the tern islands.
Prior to this Lodmoor visit I was up at stupid o clock heading
to Alners Gorse Butterfly Reserve in search of Nightingale. I had timed my visit
perfectly as there were three birds that were singing their hearts out. The
tricky bit was getting views of this splendid bird. Patience did pay off as a
located a bird which sang from the same perch for long enough for me to find
it. I took sound recordings and some very poor pictures.
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