A warm day today, cloudy at times with a strong breeze. A typical June day, very quiet with no signs of migration and no new breeding surprises. Highlights being the pair of Oystercatchers have 3 flying young, I saw 2 last week. Not much else apart from Kingfisher and Grey Wag both seen with food for young and I counted the juv Black Heads - 173. Full list - Grey Heron 3, Mute Swan 4 adults + broods of 4 and 2, Canada Goose 37 + 27y, Grey Lag Goose 18 + 18y, Cormorant 9, Great Crested Grebe 3, Little Grebe 15 adults + 5 juvs, Mallard 25 (broods of 7, 7, 6 & 2), Gadwall 11 (broods of 10, 9 & 6), Tufted Duck 62 (brood of 6), Pochard 14 drakes (broods of 11, 5, 2 & 1), Coot 72 + 24 pairs + 47 chicks, Moorhen 7 (brood of 2), Lapwing 5, Oystercatcher 4 adults + 3 juvs, Black Headed Gull 425 (173 juvs), LBB Gull 8, Common Gull 1, Kestrel 2, Swift c100, House Martin c20, Sand Martin c10, Grey Wagtail 1, Kingfisher 1, Sedge Warbler 2, Chiffchaff 4, Blackcap 7, Whitethroat 7, Willow Warbler 1, Reed Warbler 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2.
Been onto Old Moor this afternoon and yesterday afternoon. Birds seen included Teal 34, Wigeon 1 drake, Shoveler 3, Pochard broods of 4 and 2, Avocet 12 adults + 12 chicks (6 broods), Oystercatcher 2 + pair with 3 chicks, Mediterranean Gull 2 (Saturday) and Little Egret 1 on Wader Scrape today. The breeding Common Terns have 2 well grown chicks. Yesterday evening Jeff had fantastic views of 2 juvenile Bitterns on the Reedbeds.
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