Wow, what a brilliant afternoon birdwatching at Lodmoor, with lots of firsts for the year and one new species to add to my Port & Wey List, plus I'm pretty sure I have a recording of a Marsh Warbler, which do occasionally turn up at Lodmoor.
Here are the newbies for the year:
6 Black-tailed Godwit
1 Whimbrel
1 Wood Sandpiper - new for my Port & Wey list
2 Common Sandpiper
1 Common Tern
20+ House Martin
1 Whimbrel
1 Wood Sandpiper - new for my Port & Wey list
2 Common Sandpiper
1 Common Tern
20+ House Martin
1 Marsh Warbler !!!!!
2 Sedge Warbler
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
6 Black-tailed Godwit
2 Whimbrel
1 Wood Sandpiper
2 Common Sandpiper
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
1 Common Tern
Wood Pigeon
50+ Sand Martin
20+ House Martin
50+ Swallow
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
20+ Reed Warbler
Cormorant
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
6 Black-tailed Godwit
2 Whimbrel
1 Wood Sandpiper
2 Common Sandpiper
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
1 Common Tern
Wood Pigeon
50+ Sand Martin
20+ House Martin
50+ Swallow
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
20+ Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler - Possible!!
2 Sedge Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
1 Lesser Whitethroat
8 Blackcap
20+ Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Reed Bunting
2 Sedge Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
1 Lesser Whitethroat
8 Blackcap
20+ Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Reed Bunting
One of many Little Egrets at Lodmoor today.
And a very elegant looking Grey Heron.
On the left a Black-tailed Godwit and a Whimbrel on the right. Both first for the year.
Just behind the Little Egret a record shot of a Wood Sandpiper.......
My first Common Sandpiper of the year, as..........
.............was this Common Tern.
There's nothing like a good wash, followed by a spot of preening. This Robin was really going for it.
An interesting song with Reed Warbler, Blackcap and Song Thrush in the mix. Could it be a Marsh Warbler, or just a Blackcap with an unusual song. My last Marsh Warbler here was on 23 Jun 19, though I have seen one in France, which had an interesting repertoire of Song Thrush, Swallow and Skylark. This Marsh Warbler/Blackcap was singing at this location here.
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Orange-tip
10+ Large White
10+ Small White
1 Brimstone
3 Speckled Wood
5 Peacock
A Brimstone
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Flavous Nomad Bee (Nomada flava)
Possibly Flavous Nomad Bee (Nomada flava)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
General Shots:
From Beachdown Way you can just about make out Hardy Monument on the horizon.
Ted and Theo:
I can still see you Theo!!