19th - 20th May

Spent the morning of the 19th at Grafham Water where it was pretty uneventful with the exception of 3 Sanderlings on the dam and an Osprey which made several slow circuits of the reservoir (always keeping to the opposite side that I was on!) and had a couple of unsuccessful fishing attempts.   After dusk / dawn bat surveys a little walk along my stretch of the River Teme at Leintwardine produced brilliant views of a brute of an adult female Peregrine who came within inches of nailing a Common Sandpiper, a couple of Yellow Wagtails and a fresh looking juvenile Dipper.

Sanderlings

Very far away Osprey

Snapped shots of the Peregrine along the River Teme