Old Moor

Sun was out again, so I was back on my RSPB patch site, hoping for the elusive Southern Hawker photo, which has been eluding me this year.

On arrival I called in at the bird garden (Tree Sparrow Farm) feeders where I found Goldfinch, Robin, Great Tit, and Greenfinch. Moving away from here I moved into the Kids play area bushes looking for the insects. I did find Common Green Shieldbug, a 22 Spot Ladybird, Scorpion Fly, Speckled Wood Butterflies, and a high up Great Spotted Woodpecker, which was busy contact calling before flying off.

I moved off out of the area and made my way towards the Bittern Hide, seeing lots of Common Darters littering the paths on my way. Viewing from the Bittern Hide Mute Swan, Coots, Cormorants, plenty of Gadwall, with a fly thru Little Egret.

After dinner I tried the wader Scrape Hide, lots of Shoveler, Wigeon, a few Little Grebe, brief sighting of Redwings going over, lots of gulls about Herring, Black headed and Lesser Black backed Gulls.

Down on Green Lane again, a few Common Green Shieldbugs, Gorse Shieldbug, Common Darters, and Migrant Hawkers, also about were a few Nursery Web Spiders laying out on the bramble leaves, last highlight was a Grey Heron flying over the car park.

Bird List : Blackbird, Black headed Gull, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Gadwall, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Jay, Kestrel, Lesser Black backed Gull, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pheasant, Redwing, Robin, Shoveler, Starling, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Woodpigeon (37)