Tuesday 10th July 1400-1730
Very quiet on the reserve today, especially at the Flashes where the evaporation continues at pace; the gulley linking the first and second flashes is very nearly lost. However the water level in the third flash remains virtually unaltered.
MOORS POOL
1 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 2 Great Crested Grebe + 3 young, 7 Little Grebe + 3 young (2 well-grown chicks on west side, 1 young chick at north end), 2 Common Terns (1 still sitting in raft), 2 Lapwing, 2 Mute Swan, 65 Canada Geese, 6 Moorhen, 3 LBB Gull, 7 Tufted Duck broods, good numbers of Coot and Mallard but not specifically counted.
SAILING POOL
3 Great Crested Grebe + 1 well-grown young, 3 Greylag Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 15 Canada Geese.
FLASHES
3 Avocet (4 earlier as per Paul R), 2 Little Ringed Plover (no sign of chick), 15 Curlew, 2 Lapwing, 1 Teal, adult Herring Gull, 14 Canada Geese, 11 Moorhen (Water Rail, Common Sand and 2 Green Sand earlier as per Paul R).
Other recent news included:
Possibly Honey Buzzard over the Flashes early afternoon on the 4th July
Crake species reported yesterday at the Moors Pool from the west hide (observer specifically mentioned green legs)
Ringed Black-headed Gull - yellow 2TOV - at the Flashes on the 5th