Thursday, 21 April 2016

21st April

Spent the morning at Grafham Water, it was nice and sunny with the highlight being great views of a Nightingale in Brambles around the edge of the lagoons; that was where most of the other action was as well with a great selection of summer migrants in full song including my first Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat and Reed Warbler of the year along with many Blackcaps, Lesser Whitethroats, Sedge Warblers, Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs and Cetti’s Warblers – it was just like summer!

                Other birds included the Red-necked Grebe again off the dam, an adult Little Gull which spent the entire morning on the lagoons, two latish Bramblings over by Dudney Creek – with the fine male even starting to give a bit of a sub-song, a Red Kite, 10 Common Terns on the reservoir, 6+ Yellow Wagtails and a single female Goldeneye still hanging on.
 
Red-necked Grebe



Little Gull




Common Terns

Yellow Wagtail

Shelduck
 
 
 

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