14th Apr 2019

It's fair to say the end of the week was quieter than the first half but with migrants passing by or dropping in daily, there is always something going on at this time of year.

A Common Sandpiper was present at the reservoir on Thursday (Ian Rowe).

On Friday there was Ring-necked Parakeet, male Little Plover, Common Sandpiper and five Tufted Ducks at the reservoir in the morning and two Yellow Wagtails in the evening (JFT). Also, the Whooper Swan was still in the U.C.V. (Mike Pollard).

Today the Whooper Swan was on the Borrow Pit pool (MP) and then flew up to it's usual field. There was also two Arctic Terns and four Teal at the reservoir in the morning (Adrian Tysoe) and in the evening another Arctic Tern with a Common Sandpiper and two Yellow Wagtails (JFT) and a Common Tern (Dylan Parry-Davies).

Slightly off topic but of note, I had my sound recording gear out at my house on the night of Wednesday 10th and recorded an Oystercatcher flying over at about 22:30.

All photos courtesy and copyright of JFT