Saturday 15 March 2014

Leeshaw Reservoir

Saturday 15th March a.m.
 A cloudy morning at Leeshaw with a strong blustery wind making it feel colder than
the 7.5°C temperature.There was very little on the water when we arrived but the
surrounding fields once again held good numbers of Canadas & Greylags.Oystercatchers
were on the dam banking, these kept moving position & at one point we had five on top of
a wall together.Curlew were seen & heard & we also saw a pair of Redshanks for the first
time this year. One of them posed briefly for a snap in the same place the Oystercatchers had
been earlier.Lapwings were also in the surrounding fields where we also saw Pied Wagtails &
a Cormorant circled the reservoir before taking a dip in the water.There were two Little Owls in
their usual spot which wraps this report up.
Redshank


Cormorant

Curlew

Little Owl


Oystercatcher


unusual to have five Oystercatchers together

Canadas at Leeshaw 15/3/2014

3 comments:

  1. Nice Cormorant in courtship plumage.
    Good shot of the 5 Oyks and nice to get Redshank back

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  2. Thanks Brian, Redshanks a good three weeks earlier than last year, mind you we had a lot of snow this time last year.

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  3. Some smashing photos Danny. Like the Redshank with the similar coloured background.
    John

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