Wednesday 11 July 2012

Wednesday 11 July 2012

Highgate Common
Common Scoter drake still at Mere Farm pool this morning.......

Belvide Res (permit only)
Eclipse drake Red-crested Pochard still........................Birdguides

Branston Gravel Pits
Mediterranean Gull (2nd Summer on Sandy Pit), 8x Black-tailed Godwit, 14x Curlew, 5x Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, OystercatcherRedshank, Little Egret (sandy Pit), 22x Shelduck (17x Juveniles), Common Tern, 33x Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Sedge Warbler, 7x Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2x Green Woodpecker, Raven, 2x Stock Dove, Tawny Owl,            Insects ect - Brown Hawker, 5x Black-tailed Skimmer, 3x Yellow Shell Moth, Common Froglet, Common Toad ( with evidence of Toadfly Lucilia bufonivora in its nostrils), Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)...........................JW.

Dimmingsdale
3x Grey Wagtail, Grey Heron, 3x Blackcap, 6x Chiffchaff, 2x Buzzard & Tawny Owl.....................TE.

Trent Washlands
Reed, Sedge & Garden Warbler, c70 House Martin, c50 Swallow & a Kingfisher.....................AJ.

Burton
102x Lesser Black-backed Gulls & c50 Swift over Uxbridge St this evening.......................AJ.