An excellent 6 hours with Ray Scally today. The first good bird of the day was a Wood Sandpiper that was present on the lagoon at dawn and still present when we left (although it did go missing for a bit mid-morning). The second record this year.
A Great White Egret then dropped in at 7.15 am but
only stayed about 20 minutes. A rare bird at Middleton Moor, the last record
was in 2024.
Great White Egret - top Ray Scally, bottom Jon Lowes
At 7.45am a very vocal Greenshank dropped in but
departed SW at 8.15am.
Ray then had a flock of 14 Pintail over going NW
followed by Osprey low over the lagoon at 10.20am.
Pintail - Ray Scally
A Red Kite flew up from Black Harry Gate and passed
low over the lagoon late morning.
Ducks on the lagoon included 1 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall
with Shoveler numbers up to 12 and Teal up to 82.
Lingering / passage summer migrants included 3 Yellow
Wagtails that dropped in together at 11.10am, 1 Redstart, 2 Reed
Warblers, 3 Willow Warblers, 9+ Chiffchaff, 1 Swift (per
Steve Orridge), 20+ Swallows with the odd House Martin and Sand
Martin still knocking about.
Redstart - Jon lowes
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