1 Oct 22

Lodmoor RSPB Reserve

Its been a busy week with Benji and Ted at the vets, and today they were at the dog groomers. So with 3 hours to play with, I opted for a walk around Lodmoor with a slight detour to see the long-staying Red-backed Shrike. Alas it's the story of my life, in that when I arrived at the Shrike's location, it had, according to other birders there, disappeared five minutes before I arrived. Hmm

Still the walk around the reserve was pretty good with 49 bird species recorded.

Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
3 Great White Egret
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
Moorhen
Coot
Lapwing
Dunlin
1 Ruff
Black-tailed Godwit
1 Common Sandpiper
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
3 Sandwich Tern
Wood Pigeon
1 Kingfisher
Sand Martin
House Martin
Swallow
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
2 White Wagtail
3 Yellow Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
Blackbird
Cetti's Warbler
8 Chiffchaff
4 Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

A Great White Egret

A short video of a Great White Egret

A Little Egret

And another Little Egret

A Lapwing coming into land

A Dunlin

And a Black-tailed Godwit

A Black-headed Gull in Winter plumage

Mediterranean Gulls

A Kingfisher flying down one of the channels.

Long-tailed Tit

A juvenile Magpie

A Carrion Crow


Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
5 Common Darter
8+ hawkers sp

A Common Darter


Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Speckled Wood
Red Admiral

Speckled Wood


Bees Recorded
:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)


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

Common Wasp

General Shots:

The open ground where the Red-backed Shrike has been for a week or so.