Stormy August

Hello

Another very breezy day but not cold and mostly dry which meant being outdoors was fine.

A limited set of observations today with Clifford Hill Pits being the in-vogue site with singles of Black-necked Grebe, Black Tern and Wood Sandpiper being available all day and this evening also a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and a Common Swift.

At Summer Leys LNR sightings included two Greenshanks, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Ringed Plover, two Great White Egrets and a Marsh Harrier.

The Ruddy Shelduck and a Common Sandpiper were at Stanford Reservoir today and at Hollowell Reservoir birds included a Whinchat still plus a juvenile Hobby and two Great White Egrets.

A juvenile Little Ringed Plover, an adult Ringed Plover and five Yellow-legged Gulls (three juveniles)  were in the vicinity of the dam at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon.

Two Whinchats were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning.

Regards

Neil M

Black-tailed Godwits
courtesy of John Tilly.

Oil Beetle courtesy
of Robin Gossage.

Slow worm at Bucknell
Wood yesterday.

The bright red berries
of Guelder Rose.

Juvenile and adult
Yellow-legged Gulls.