Juvenile waders

Lade -  hot, dry and sunny, ne 2 - A Great White Egret flew in from the east and landed atop the willow swamp to join a couple of Little Egrets fishing the margins. Around the ponds juvenile Whitethroats and Reed Warblers were actively being fed by tatty, worn out looking adults. On the beach this evening at least 50 Dunlins, including a goodly number of juveniles, were feeding in the mud alongside the gulls.

                                Little and Great White Egrets, Lade

                                Great White Egret, willow swamp

                                Dunlins on the bay

  On the bird reserve ARC was the place to be with a juvenile Spotted Redshank and an adult Wood Sandpiper viewable from Hanson hide, plus three each of Ruff and Redshank, four Dunlins, Little Ringed Plover, two Little Gulls and a juvenile Mediterranean Gull. Loads of wildfowl, Coot, grebes, terns and gulls were scattered across the islands and lake.