Work and the weather have conspired to limit my birding in the last ten days but the 15th did at last see me add Turtle Dove
(103) to the year list.
On saturday the 13th I went with Phyllis, my wife, on a trip to the London Wetland Centre. Not much was seen in the way of bird species although there were masses of Swifts and apparently a Pallid Swift which we didn't connect with. It was however a great place to photograph Marsh Frogs(see picture above).
Back on home turf the story of the week has been that of birds fledging. There have been lots of Starlings around the village and down at the lake one of the Moorhen pairs has appeared with 9 youngsters.A few of the Mallards have had broods but sadly most have already perished. It was nice to see one of the Mandarins on the lake with 7 ducklings.
Mandarin with ducklings in tow
Finally i've attached a photo of a recently fledged Wren which was hiding in the lakeside vegetation.
Still looking for fledgling Wrens here Steve :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you on here Steve, and look forward reading more, trying to work out how to follow you at the moment as it's not obvious and i'm rubbish at this stuff! Some nice records so far this year for you. All the best.
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