Friday 25th July a.m.
A lovely sunny morning with a temperature of 14°C, plenty of birds here as usual with Astley Lake being the best spot. Spoonbills, Little Egrets were distant and still in sleeping mode, several Common Terns and a Little Grebe. There were half a dozen Swifts high up & c50 Lapwings on the new areas created last Autumn. A walk round the Western Reed Bed added Cetti's Warbler, Kestrel, Reed Bunting, Buzzard, Gt Crested Grebe, Shoveler & Pochard. On returning to Astley I spotted a Common Sandpiper & there were four Avocets now visible. Always good to chat with other birders and a couple of guys with scopes were able to put me on to very distant Black-tailed Godwitt & a Green Sandpiper. The spoonbills were more active so I could get a distant picture to round off a good morning.
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| Avocet |
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| Little Egret |
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| Little Grebe |
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| Spoonbill |
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| Common Tern |
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| GC Grebe |
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| GC Grebe juvenile |
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| Kestrel |
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| Spoonbills at Swillington Ings 25/7/2025 |
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