Sunday August 17th, 0730 hrs. This was my view from the East Hide, a touch on the cool side but pleasant in the sunshine. Lots of greylag geese on the reserve and a pleasant surprise to see a kingfisher sittin on the top of a fence.
Green sandpipers and this Greenshank from the Turret hide.
Catherine sent a text to say that she had arrived so I walked back towards the entrance and we met at the East Hide. No sign of the kingfisher. We did not go into the Turret Hide but viewed the area from the screen. 8 Little egrets and 3 Green sandpipers but no sign of the Greenshank.
This rabbit was not afraid of us as we walked along the path.
We slowly walked along to the new workings, but were unable to locate a little owl on our walk.
We joined 2 other birders in the new hide who pointed out a peregrine sat in a mature tree.
Pat, a fellow colleague from Blacktoft Sands, came into the hide with a friend and they both looked at the peregrine through my scope.
After a brief chat we left the hide and walked back to the Crosslands hide. I have never seen the water level so low or the vegetation so high. A mute swan and a few mallard were on the small pool of water that remained.
Not much bird life to be seen on the South Lagoon. Several young warblers were in the mature trees along Dryham Lane, and a possible spotted flycatcher was reported.
We sat in the "dining area" while Caroline had her lunch. Young chiffchaffs were in the bushes to the right of the dining area. After lunch we left the reserve. Caroline went home and drove home via North Duffield Carrs. An excellent morning with her company and 47 birds on my day list.
The vegetation has now just about covered the scrape and brambles are obscuring the view from the hide.
In the distance I could see some carrion crows, they were the only birds on the reserve.
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