Another opportunity came up to visit Lodmoor today and one that I hoped would give me better views of the American Golden Plover, rather than the brief glimpse I had of it on Sunday.
After a few minutes of looking through the 300+ Golden Plovers sat on the west scrape, I eventually found it using my binoculars, though photographing it prooved to be a bit trickier as it kept tucking its head under its wings.
Mammals Recorded:
1 Brown Rat
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
1 Little Egret
3 Grey Heron
2 Mute Swan
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Wigeon
Teal
Shoveler
Moorhen
300+ Golden Plover
Mallard
Gadwall
Wigeon
Teal
Shoveler
Moorhen
300+ Golden Plover
1 American Golden Plover
Lapwing
Dunlin
Snipe
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Lapwing
Dunlin
Snipe
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
A Grey Heron stood almost in the same spot as it was on Sunday
A pair of Shelduck
In the centre are two duck Shovelers and a drake. Middle right a Snipe stretches its wings.
A drake Teal stares right down my lens.
In the centre was the American Golden Plover.
It is slightly smaller and darker than the Golden Plovers around it.
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)