Another sunny day and another day at Old Moor, the draw today was a pair of Black necked Grebes, they would be a new species for me at Old Moor (121), for this location. It wasn’t long before stepping into the reserve, that I was distracted by the song of a Reed Warbler (149), near the crossroads, so I stop in the hope of seeing it, maybe a photo too, I saw it moving around in the reeds, then it flew out seeing off a Blue Tit.
I made my way down towards the wader scrape, stopping first at the lookout hide, in the hope of yesterday’s Mediterranean Gulls but no joy, after looking thru countless Black headed, Lesser Black backed and Herring Gulls, other birds were Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Teal, Moorhen, Coot, Mute Swan, Greylag Geese, Canada Geese, and Cormorants.
Moving on then to Wader Scrape via Green Lane, overlooking the mere as I went, Redshank, Oystercatcher, seen, then I saw the Black necked Grebes but try as I could I couldn’t get a photo, think it was low down and heat haze that was the problem, I also had the problem with a Little Egret in the same area. After the Grebes I decided on putting my concentration in to the insects, seeing, Common Wasps, Bees, Spiders, Gorse Shieldbugs, Butterflies around were Brimstone, Green veined White, Orange tip, Peacocks, and Speckled Woods and also a Willow Warbler.
After my time at Old Moor I called in at Wombwell Ings, to see the male Garganey, took some finding, it was at the far side of the lake, need help in doing so, also on show were Skylarks, Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, Greenshank (150), Redshanks, Canada and Egyptian Geese
Birds Seen : Black headed Gull, Black necked Grebe, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Egyptian Goose, Gadwall, Garganey, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Greenshank, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Lapwing, Lesser Black backed Gull, Little Ringed Plover, Long tailed Tit, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Pochard, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Robin, Ruff, Shelduck, Shoveler, Skylark, Starling, Stock Dove, Teal Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren (43) 150/200
Butterflies Seen : Brimstone, Green veined White, Orange tip, Peacock, Speckled Wood
Little Egret
Weevil Species
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