A leisurely walk today around the Egleton Reserve at Rutland Water was a welcoming change from my local patch. Just a few more birds to look at here!
Great White Egrets were everywhere and I must have had a minimum of 11 birds, along with a minimum of 20 Little Egret and a Spoonbill. A female Pintail and 2 Red-crested Pochard were best of the ducks. A Wood Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin and a Ringed Plover were best of the waders. Still 5 juvenile Shag from last weeks gales were on rocks at the Dam Wall. A female Pintail, 6 Common Tern and hundreds of Cormorant on Lagoon 1.
Lots of Migrant Hawkers and Common Darters, with a single female Southern Hawker, on the wing in the very warm sunshine.
Not the best of weather for photography, with most birds distant, so a few record shots to remember the day.
