23rd Jul 2017

There was not a lot happening again this week but on Thursday 19th John had 24 Cormorants fly over, quite an odd sighting at this time of year as numbers are usually only that high in the depths of winter. On the 20th and 21st John also had a juvenile Willow Warbler, a Common Sandpiper and a Common Tern.

Mike was out early on Saturday morning and saw a Common Tern and a Common Sandpiper and a dog walker reported seeing a juvenile Badger in the woodland. A little later the tern had gone but I saw the sandpiper. Mike also mentioned lots of young Whitethroats and Blackcaps and I noticed a large amount of juvenile Chiffchaffs calling too. In the evening John saw a Little Egret, Common Tern and two Sand Martins.

There is a fruiting of Chicken in the Woods fungi in the woodland near the river. Mike got some photos of it which are on his blog here.

On Sunday morning Steve had a single Coot on the res - his first on the reservoir this year. Also four Common Sandpipers and a single Little Egret dropped in to east somewhere.