Despite a slightly pessimistic weather forecast, some early morning mist cleared to a fine, sunny morning. The view over 'D' reservoir was peaceful as I scanned for terns, grebes and wildfowl. The reservoir was very quiet with two pairs of Great Crested Grebes, a few Coot and odd pairs of Tufted Duck. It was good to see Common Swifts accumulating and numbering a couple of hundred at least, flying over the water. On my way to the woodland, I called in the middle hide and picked up a male Garganey far out and in company with two Teal. This is the best early summer I have known for personal Garganey sightings, being my sixth record for this year. The woodland looked amazing in the morning sun and was alive with the calls of Blackcaps, Willow Warblers, Cetti's Warbler and singing Chaffinches. One particular call attracted my attention and it came from this little chap, obviously getting hungry. This juvenile male Great-spotted Woodpecker was a real treat, being frequently fed by the parent birds. I'm sure he will be leaving the nest hole within a day or so. A Cuckoo was seen from the North Marsh, with a Hobby there later on. I continued on to Hempholme meadow where a Cattle Egret has been recently. There were two Little Egrets but no Cattle Egret. It was seen during the day, being very mobile around the entire reserve area. Hempholme meadow with the Belted Galloway cattle 'employed' for grazing.
On leaving the meadow, I met the local Barn Owl flying silently over the scrub field. 9/8/2022 08:17:16 pm
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