Friday 7th June a.m.
An early start this morning travelling to Swillington Ings where it was sunny with a temperature of 8°C.I started off with a
Little Egret flying over near the car park, entering the reserve the noise from the
BH Gulls was very loud with in excess of 1,000 birds across the site.
Astley Lake was my first stop after seeing a couple of
Willow Warblers and
Cetti's Warblers on the way. Many birds here including
Common Tern, Gadwall, Mute Swan, Cormorant, Tufteds, Pochard and a single
Whooper Swan.
As I made my way around the reserve I saw several
Sedge Warblers and
Reed Warblers and overhead there were c100
Swift, a single
Buzzard was also seen.Others seen were
Black-necked Grebe, Linnet, Lapwing, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Reed Bunting, GC Grebe and
Shelduck.
As I was heading back I saw a couple of small birds low down in the Reeds, they were light coloured so as I brought the bins up to get a proper look I was expecting Reed Warbler but no they were
Bearded Tits a first for me here.
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| Reed Warbler |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Cetti's Warbler |
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| Bearded Tit |
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| Whooper Swan |
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| Common Tern |
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| GC Grebe with chick |
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| Linnet |
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| Mute Swan with cygnets |
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| Pochard |
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| Pochard with chicks |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| BH Gull chick |
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| Swillington Ings 7/6/2019 |
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