Chilly but sunny this morning at Grimsbury from 0630-0915 - a nice mix of summer and autumn passage birds and a few residents. Top bird of the morning was a calling Nuthatch in the middle of the wood – only my second ever on the patch.
Also – 1x Dunlin, 3 flyover Siskins, 2 Meadow Pipits in the cattle field. Around 30 House Martins and 3-4 Swallows. Kingfisher on the sailing club pontoons at sunrise, also heard later along the river.
Minimum of least 24 Pied Wagtails at one time around the fringes of the reservoir and I probably missed a few more.
Young male Kestrel watching for voles from the dinghy mast-tops in the sailing club compound.
On the Borrow Pit: 11 Little Grebes, 15 Coots (inc juveniles), 2M1F Tufted Duck.
The Dunlin was still there in the evening and a Little Egret over south, a Marsh Tit and Kingfisher.
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| Photos courtesy and copyright of Dave Fuller |
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