Friday, 20 June 2025

Friday 20th June 2025

Middleton Lakes

Black-crowned Night Heron flew over East scrape at approx 07:55 then banked and landed in one of the pools to the east inside of the fox fence, also 20x Avocet + 16 well grown young, 3x Oystercatcher plus two well grown young, 10x LRP + 2 chicks, 3x Bittern in flight (2juvs) - (Jake Klavins warden)  - The Night Heron now on west scrape at 19:25, also a Green Sandpiper, over, (TPe)

Rocester

9x Swift over at 07:50, (JDr)

Wedgwood Pools

2x Whitethroat, (NRo)

Branston GPs

Avocet, Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 65x Lapwing, Great Egret, 10x Little Egret, Water Rail, 32x Pochard, 5x Teal, 7x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, 5x Mandarin(4juv), 13x Shelduck (3ducklings), 12x Egyptian Geese(6juv), 22x Little Grebe, 2x Common Tern, 2x YL Gull, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, MCa)

Aqualate

2x Hobby hunting over mere this pm, (KLe)

Claymills

Cattle Egret at 20:07 then flew north over R Dove to Willington Wetlands, Mandarin, 3x Goosander 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Tern, 2x Swift, 2x Cetti's Warbler, Garden Warbler, (DSc)