Up at some crazy hour on Monday morning, I set up the nets on Hundred Acre, conscious that I'd have few more chances to net this spring. Another reasonable session saw seven
Reed Warblers among 14 new birds ringed, this being across three nets.
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| Reed Warbler |
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| juvenile Robin, my first caught this year (along with juveniles of Blackbird and Dunnock) |
Out of the area again, I visited Middleton Lakes with David D-L on Tuesday evening, securing some value in the form of two summer-plumaged
Little Stints with four
Dunlin and four
Ringed Plovers. Other notables included a
Hobby, two
Peregrines and two
Cuckoos. Earlier in the day, birds in central Birmingham included two of both
Grey Wagtail and
Mistle Thrush.
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| Little Stints at Middleton Lakes |
On the way back home yesterday, I met up with Paul S and reconvened with DDL for some
White-winged Black Tern-watching at Staines Reservoirs; the 2cy bird showed rather well on the west side, where it skipped between the basins and repeatedly splashed into the water during a dizzying and energetic flight. Two fine
Black-necked Grebes showed distantly on the South Basin and three
Ringed Plovers flew over...
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| 2cy White-winged Black Tern at Staines Reservoirs |
