Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
The Flashes Tuesday 12th July. The standing water from Sunday has for the most part soaked away. However the edges of the central area were very wet and held most of the waders, a loose flock of 20 LRP fed almost entirely in this area. Also an adult ringed plover, dunlin, 14 Green sand, 2 common sand, 3 juv Avocet, 25 curlew, 30 lapwing, 3 Teal and a tufted - rare on this part of the reserve at this time of year.
Reed warbler were still singing in many of the reed beds and were actively foraging throughout my stay. At 8pm a few hundred BHG's had assembled.
The male Redstart was seen along the footpath hedge on the field side of the hedge at about 4pm and again c7.45pm. It has been present for over 3 weeks. Strange if its not breeding, maybe the chicks will appear soon:smoke:
B John
In total there were 51 Lapwing present yesterday evening across the reserve. Nice to see the Redstart still hanging around. Hope the Wednesday crew didnt set off to Daventry ...