Hotspur
James Spencer
Went to Wheldrake Ings and Bank Island a couple of days ago. Lots of biting flies as my then sockless ankles testify. Whoops! No water at Bank Island and very little at Wheldrake made for a pretty slow afternoon. Having said that the site of 26 Herons on the main pool was quite impressive. Its the first time ive seen one on there! Also a numbers of Teal seem to have built up a bit. Saw a shoveller with ducklings and 4 pochard going into moult at bank island. Waders were few- a handful of curlew, 2 redshank and an oystercatcher plus the good numbers of lapwing. Nice day out regardless. My ankles itch like nobody's business today though.