23rd September 2008

Highlights:
2 Little Gulls -Both young birds, one of them in pretty much full juv plumage the other one in more advanced moult into 1st winter plumage. I saw them briefly in gullroost around 6pm before they flew off between chimneys and scrapyard corner.
Grey Wagtail - Sewage works.
Green Sandpiper - in flight near Marston corner of Stewartby Lake.
Hobby - near railway line.
2 Shovelers and some Teal on Pillinge.
One of two immature Little Gulls.

22nd September 2008

A few more hours spent near the visitors centre looking for raptors..
Robin - Boardwalk
Black-headed Gull - Stewartby Lake

21st September 2008

A few hours, mainly spent around the visitors centre looking for raptors.
Highlights:
A few Buzzards
Sparrowhawk
Pied Wagtail - visitors centre

20th September 2008

Highlights:

Stock Dove - Long Meadow - I finally managed to get a photo of one of these! They are surprisingly hard to get anywhere near.

Southern Hawker - a fairly obliging one in the Sensory Garden today.

Stock Dove - Long Meadow - my 118th bird species photographed on the country park.

Southern Hawker - Sensory Garden near Visitors Centre.

A flock of ducks avoiding the shooting in Rookery today..Black-headed Gull - Pillinge.

Blackberries

19th September 2008

Spent most of my visit around the Sensory Garden area photographing insects.
Small White - Sensory Garden near Visitors Centre.
Silver Y Moth - Sensory Garden near Visitors Centre.
Fungi sp. - near gullwatch.
Male Ruddy Darter - Sensory Garden near Visitors Centre.
Female Common Darter - Sensory Garden near Visitors Centre.
Kingfisher carving - Sensory Garden near Visitors Centre.
Female Common Darter - Sensory Garden near Visitors Centre.

18 September 2008

Highlights:

Kingfisher

Grey Wagtail at Sewage works

Jay

3 Buzzards

31 Darter sp. dragonflies on bridge leading to wetlands

Buzzard flying over Visitors Centre.
Emerald Damselfly - Sensory Garden near Visitors Centre.
Comma - Sensory Garden near Visitors Centre.

17th September 2008

Highlights:
Jay, Common Gull and Kingfisher - Stewartby Lake
Low flying hot-air balloon over the gull roost in the evening.

Greylag Geese - near the Pillinge Two more photos of the Grey Heron, taken near the cafe
Rose Bay Willowherb

16th September 2008

Highlights:

Kingfisher at Gullwatch (Kingfishers are being very conspicuous at present. Regularly seen from the Gullwatch, the bank of Stewartby Lake nearest to Visitors Centre and around the Pillinge)

2 Pintail - in the middle of the Pillinge.

Another OSPREY! (see around 4pm over Stewartby Lake, and seen again by others over Rookery about an hour later)

Second Osprey in 3 days! This one was over Stwatby Lake

Very dodgy photo of two distant female-type Pintail on the Pillinge.
Grey Heron - This bird is spending a lot of time feeding in the pond in front of the cafe.

15th September 2008

Highlights:
Jay, Hobby, Kestrel and Green Sandpiper - all near Visitors Centre
Common Sandpiper - Stewartby Lake.
Southern Hawker - Near Pillinge
Small Tortoiseshell - Sensory Garden, near Vistors Centre.

14th September 2008

7.10am -5pm

Highlights:

Common Gull and Long-tailed Tits - Gullwatch

Grey Wagtail - Sewage Works

2 Stonechats and 1 Whinchat - Between Wetlands 9 and 3

OSPREY!, 4+ Buzzards and Jay -all from in front of cafe

Osprey -seen from infront of cafe at about 1pm

Osprey being mobbed by a Common Buzzard

Brimstone - near the Pillinge

Migrant Hawker - near Bramble Wood.