Hobby – 12th May
This morning the warblers were all singing well at the lagoons – apart from the Grasshopper Warbler – . There […]
Ruddy Shelduck – 11th May
This morning there were three Lapwings, four Common Terns and a Ruddy Shelduck (flew over) on the Ecopark. A Treecreeper
Patchwatch – 9th May
Sixty-five species were counted this morning, including Cuckoo and Treecreeper. The number of warblers singing in the afternoon was breath-taking.
Cuckoo – 7th May
This evening a Cuckoo was heard calling from the birches in the Slurry Lagoon reed bed. DM/PR.
Cuckoo – 6th May
A Peregrine was seen flying over the Ecopark this morning. Also there were Little Ringed Plovers, Dunlin, Wood Sandpiper and
Osprey – 5th May
This morning there were two Swifts with the hirundines feeding over the Slurry Lagoon and Deep Pit. Four Garden Warblers
Dunlin – 4th May
In the early evening six Dunlin, two Ringed Plovers and two Little Ringed Plovers were seen on the Ecopark. JDn.
Great White Egret – 1st May
Early this afternoon a Great White Egret flew down river. There were two Hobbies and a Wheatear on the riverside
Dunlin – 30th April
This morning there was a Dunlin and a Shelduck on the Ecopark. A Lesser Whitethroat and two Garden Warblers were
Lesser Whitethroat – 29th April
There was a Green Sandpiper and two Little Ringed Plovers on the Ecopark. A Grasshopper Warbler and a Lesser Whitethroat