Friday 6th May a.m.
Another trip although not as far to Swillington Ings which is an area of lakes and reed beds giving for a good variety of species.I only looked round a small part of the reserve which is probably the nearest site with the large range of species it holds.I started off with a
Chiffchaff singing near the car park, quickly followed by a
Willow Warbler and a
Whitethroat.On the Astley Lake were four
Avocets,Common Tern,Gadwall,Shelduck,Pochard, and
Oystercatcher just to mention a few.Soon after I was delighted to hear the boom of a
Bittern for the first time, too elusive to see though.There were
Linnets flitting about in the Gorse bushes and also loads of
Sedge Warblers which also kept popping out of the Reed Beds.I saw several
Reed Warblers but they are a more skulking bird so a picture was difficult and it was also good to see the
Black-necked Grebe again along with
Little Grebe and
Great Crested Grebe.On the main Lake were a number of
Cormorants and also I spotted a
Common Sandpiper,overhead were
Swallows and a couple of
Swifts were also seen, what a morning birding.N.P.
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| Black-necked Grebe |
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| Avocet |
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| Chiffchaff |
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| Common Tern |
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| Cormorants |
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| Linnet |
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| best I could do for the skulking Reed Warblers |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Whitethroat |
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| several vocal Sedge Warblers were seen |
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| Swillington Ings 6/5/2016 |
Love the blog - the photo's are ace.
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John
Thanks John, I spent a week off work birding with some good results although busy sorting through the pictures and of course getting rid of the naff ones,glad we still don't use film.N.P.
ReplyDeleteIm new to birding photos so I've only used digital stuff.
ReplyDeleteMust have cost a fortune prior to digital.
John
You,re getting some cracking flight shots Nigel , are you still on the SX 50.
ReplyDeleteHi Brian, yes I'm still using the same camera, as you know its good for distance and birds that are still but I need a lot of luck with the flight shots which I've been fortunate recently.N.P.
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