Friday, 17 June 2022

Ringed Plovers - hanging on just

   
Young lads and lasses from the garden, Ringed Plover breeding success, Goldfinches behaving like waders, and Swallows dodging the wind to feed.
Also around, 11 Sandwich Terns, non-breeding Curlews and Oystercatchers and Reed Buntings. No sign of Wheatears and Yellow Wagtails, but the field doesn't have any cattle in it and the grass and vegetation is too high to see anything.
No video likely - I didn't film any!





This Blue Tit fledgling landed just above Olive where we were sitting in her garden. The photo was into a bright sky so I added a different background





There appeared to be four fledglings, perhaps even five



This one was a photo from last week






Greenfinch fledgling, one of at least three that flew in, the first I've seen this year








Ringed Plover chick on the beach, a positive find as they didn't nest there last year probably due to the high traffic of dog walkers. The previous year when we were locked up/down and the beach was quiet, there were four territories with chicks




Adult giving alarm call




Goldfinches were feeding blow the high water mark




Rook, lot's of them on the beach and many with young




Skylark in the Hatton field





The Swallows were feeding very close to the ground in the strong wind, this one was dodging about amongst these plants on the leeward side




Pied Wagtail at East Haven




Red-tailed Bumblebee, I need to get a photo with a short lens but they don't spend any time on a flower, and Olive's cut the grass and now there's no clover flowers 




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