Monday 1 July 2013

More young waders

Windleden - 2 pairs Curlew with large chicks, 1 Snipe with at least 1 chick and 1 singing Reed Bunting.
Winscar Reservoir - pair Oystercatcher with 3 chicks. 5 Black-headed Gulls but it looks like all breeding attempts here have failed..
Broadstones Reservoir - flock 100+ Starlings.
Ingbirchworth Reservoir - 31 Canada Geese, 57 Mallards + brood 8 large ducklings, 16 Tufted Ducks, 4 Great Crested Grebes including one sat on a nest, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Moorhens and 18 Coost + a brood of 4 small young,
Low Moor, Upper Midhope - 2 Oystercatchers, Lapwing + 3 chicks and Snipe + 4 chicks. Some more photos taken here today are below.





Midhope Reservoir - 2 Little Grebes + 2 young.

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