Shelducks

Dungeness - cool, cloudy, drizzle, SW 3 - Having spent the past four days trudging the farmland footpaths around NR seeing not very much new, apart from a Hobby, it was back to the bird reserve this morning, although to be fair it wasn`t much better there with the same old birds. Boulderwall fields held six Cattle Egrets and a fly over Glossy Ibis while Burrowes was yet again devoid of any terns and waders. The ARC was much better though with a host of diving ducks to sift through, a pair of Shovelers, four Black-tailed Godwits and a flight of 14 Shelduck that flew across the lake without landing. Down towards the pines a Cuckoo called from overhead wires and a Bittern broke cover over Tower Pits. At home the moth trap continues to disappoint in both low numbers and variety of species.

                                 Great Crested Grebe nest building

                                  Cuckoo on a wire

                                  Flight of 14 Shelducks over ARC.