An afternoon at Nosterfield, to see if I could see the garganey that has been reported on a regular basis.
In the car park I stopped for a chat with Sue from Harrogate. She had seen the garganey but it was asleep.
I walked along the path towards the North viewing screen and heard and saw a chiffchaff.
There was lots of activity on the North Lake. A pair of redshanks were chasing about. 2 male shovelers were displaying well to each other.
When a female appeared one of the male came close to her and started to feed along side her.
Lapwings came close to the screen.
A single whooper swan is still on the reserve. As I was looking through my scope for the garganey I found a pair of yellow wagtails, my first of the year. Eventually I spotted a male garganey, much further right than I had been told to look. A poor picture due to the distance.
I then returned to the car park and looked from the viewing screen over the main lake.
Rabbits were enjoying the sunshine.
On the far side of the lake I saw ringed plovers and a pair of ruff. The male was in his black summer plumage, but too far away for a photo.
For the past few days I have been able to hear a great spotted woodpecker from my garden. This is a shot from this mornings viewing.
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