I ventured to Tophill to continue my search for something interesting, in what is the quietest Summer I have known for birds, for as long as I can remember. The birds that are around seem to be breeding well with many fledged juveniles about. On the South Marsh, the only wader present was a Little Ringed Plover, together with one Lapwing. The North Marsh saw a Grey Heron fly in and land deep in the reeds. A Cetti's Warbler was calling across the river and this Reed Warbler showed briefly, near the hide. I felt certain there should have been more Sedge Warblers as only one was heard singing, at the far end of the marsh. Among the woods, I faired a little better with another Cetti's Warbler, an unexpected Garden Warbler and singing Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Goldcrests and Willow Warblers. The Great Spotted Woodpeckers were very vocal and possibly had young nearby. This male was seen by D Reservoir. The wall around the D reservoir is being visited by a pair of Yellow Wagtails, finding it a great food source. There seems to be a 'crane-fly' type of insect living under the coping stones and these are providing easy pickings for the wagtails. The insects were being carried away, over the reservoir undoubtedly to a nest site. I watched both the male and female repeat the feeding pattern for at least half an hour, both these wagtails were of our nominate race - Motacilla Flava Flavissima. A third wagtail arrived on the wall and this one was very interesting. With a pale, slightly bluish head, this individual comes under the category of 'Channel' Wagtail. This is an unofficial title given to a hybridisation between the 'blue-headed wagtail' of Central Europe and our nominate race. These birds occur in Northern France and those seen in the UK maybe accompany our 'flavissima' variety further North. I hadn't seen this sub-species (hybrid) before, it was certainly an interesting head colour and I would have liked it to stay longer but, its visit was all too brief on this occasion.
9/8/2022 08:15:32 pm
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