Port and Wey: 4 Sep 22

Lodmoor RSPB Reserve

It was an afternoon walk around Lodmoor today, and what a brilliant walk it was, with some really good highlights with 3 Curlew Sandpipers and a White Wagtail topping the bill. Mind you the supporting cast was pretty good with 3 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 8+ Grey Heron, 3 Spoonbill, 4 Ringed Plover, 8 Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 12 Swallow, 4 Yellow Wagtail and 3 Chiffchaff.

Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
3 Great White Egret
4 Little Egret
8+ Grey Heron
3 Spoonbill
2 Mute Swan
Canada Geese
Mallard
Teal
Moorhen
Coot
4 Ringed Plover
Lapwing
8 Dunlin
3 Curlew Sandpiper
2 Black-tailed Godwit
5 Common Sandpiper
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Kingfisher
12 Swallow
Meadow Pipit
1 White Wagtail
4 Yellow Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Cetti's Warbler
3 Chiffchaff
Goldcrest
Bearded Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Reed Bunting

In the foreground are 4 Cormorants. Far right are 2 Grey Herons, whilst at the back are 2 Spoonbills and a Little Egret just in front of them

On the left one of the 3 Great White Egrets on the reserve. And on the right a Grey Heron with a decent meal.

The two Spoonbills again

And a third Spoonbill feeding in the shallows.

That would be a fair number of Canada Geese on the islands.

Two Ringed Plovers looking across the water to.......

.........these two on the other side.

There were several Lapwings about, but all single birds. To the left is a Starling

And my first Curlew Sandpipers for my Port & Wey Bird list.

#1 Curlew Sandpiper

#2 Curlew Sandpiper

#3 Curlew Sandpiper

And a short video of the 3 Curlew Sandpipers

A lone Black-tailed Godwit

There were at least 5 Common Sandpipers on the reserve......

.........Here is another.

A short video of one of the Common Sandpipers feeding.

Mediterranean Gulls

In the back ground a Little Egret and on the post a Kingfisher

And a very distant shot of a White Wagtail

Fish Recorded:

Mullet

Still plenty of Mullet in the stream flowing in from the sea.

Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
dragonfly sp.

Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Speckled Wood
Peacock

Moths Recorded:

Blood-vein (Timandra comae)

Blood-vein (Timandra comae)

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)

Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

A German Wasp chewing off a piece of wood.

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

Plants:
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

Bramble (Rubus fruticosusa)

Dog Rose (Rosa canina)

Elder (Sambucus nigra)

Hop (Humulus lupulus)

Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris)

Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)