No, I have not been to the pub. All will be revealed.
I took this photo as 0730 this morning from the East Hide at North Cave Wetlands. Sunshine, but still a bit on the cool side. Nothing special to report from this hide or the turret one, no bittern booming, perhaps due to the chill. 2 med gulls from the Dennis Wood hide.
They were just in range of my camera. No sign of egyptian geese or wheatear, plenty of sand martins. After completing a circuit of the whole reserve I went back to my car and noticed a work party setting off so decided to leave. I drove to North Duffield Carrs. Plenty of vehicles in the car park as there was a work party going on. A butterfly liked a van tyre.
A group were erecting a small enclosure in the 1st field and a gentleman was busy in Garganey hide, there is now a handle on the door and you dont have to push the door open with your shoulder!
The water level is slowly going downm revealing more vegetation. A party of whooper swans were in the field to the right of the hide until they were disturbed by a helicopter, when they flew onto the water. A few minutes later more swans arrived from a different direction until there were 69 of them. After a bathe some returned to the field. This individual came close to the hide.
and then left with a splash.
Which spotted redshank?
However the next event did wake it up.
This brown hare was running along the top of the bund, until it mat a greylag goose.
The goose was not letting it pass, so it had to about turn and run back along the bund. The spotted redshank stood up at this point.
Not that it was easy to see. Pete turned up and he found it difficult to locate the bird. Afyer about an hour I left Pete and returned to the Geoff Smith hide.'
The mute swans were not on their nest.
A pleasant morning in the sunshine.
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