Waders love mud

Hello

There was an influx of Black-headed Gulls and Common Terns at Pitsford Reservoir this morning, with a couple of Common Gulls in tow too. An adult Yellow-legged Gull was off the dam and four Common Sandpipers were noted at that end too. Four Common Sandpipers on the causeway this evening may or may not be the same birds!

North of the causeway saw the Common Redstart still in situ in hedging west of Maytrees Hide, one or two Hobby, a Green Sandpiper, a Great White Egret and up to about twenty Tree Sparrows around the feeding station.

Two Common Redstarts, at least three Spotted Flycatchers and a mixed flock of common warblers were in the bushes at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell this afternoon.

A juvenile Mediterranean Gull was noted at Stanwick Pits this morning and birds at Stanford Reservoir included a Hobby, three Shelduck and a Common Sandpiper.

Regards

Neil M

Juvenile Black-headed Gull.

Common Sandpiper.

Little Ringed Plover.

Ruff.

All images courtesy 
of John Tilly.