Friday, 13 May 2016

9th - 10th May

Carried out some bat surveys near Wrexham at dawn on the 9th after which we popped in briefly to Clunton Coppice where my first Wood Warblers and Tree Pipits of the year were singing away along with a couple of Redstarts and a Spotted Flycatcher.   A little look at Venus Pool on the 10th then produced a trio of scarce Shropshire birds with a Sanderling feeding around the islands, a Common Tern hawking over the pools and a sleeping drake Garganey.


Common Sandpipers

This big brute of a Mute Swan was not happy when a dozen other Swans landed on Venus Pool but within five minutes he had driven them all off!

Sanderling record shot

Common Tern record shot
 
Grass Snake coming out to warm up at Venus Pool
 

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