Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Bank Island

 What to turn to? Football or general election? Answer neither, common tern family at Bank Island provide better entertainment.


1845  when I arrived but there was a gentle cool breeze blowing into the hide.

The two common tern families are doing well, the young have grown a lot since I last saw them on Thursday last week. This one was able to flap its wings and make short flights.


Parents were bringing them fish


Another young tern was given a larger fish




it did eventually manage to swallow it



Parents were on guard


or arguing with the other set of parents


 


little egrets were perched in nearby trees when I arrived, but eventually they came down to fish.




Mrs shoveler and her brood hurried across the scrape in front of the hide.


2 green sandpipers were often flushed by lapwings and the terns.





the lapwings were also dive bombing other birds such as a pheasant, but I could not see any sign of young birds.































 


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