More cutting along the shores of Ibsley Water today, making things better for grazing wildfowl and breeding waders. As well as cutting the shore two of the volunteer team went out to the island to give it a trim. This island is sometimes used by the big flock of
black-tailed godwit that use the Avon Valley in the winter. Sometimes this flock can be as large as 3500 birds, a sizable part of the Icelandic population. The pictures show the island just after work started.
and what it looked like by the end of the morning.
Since I spent much of the morning using a strimmer and the afternoon various other machinery, bird sightings were few. The
ruff was still on the islands in Ibsley Water first thing in the morning and I flushed a
green sandpiper as I was transporting equipment up the shore of the lake later. I could see no sign of the
scaup today, but it could still be around as I did not have a very good look. At the end of the day 2
wheatear were of note, both on the long shingle spit to the east of the Tern hide.
and what it looked like by the end of the morning.
Since I spent much of the morning using a strimmer and the afternoon various other machinery, bird sightings were few. The ruff was still on the islands in Ibsley Water first thing in the morning and I flushed a green sandpiper as I was transporting equipment up the shore of the lake later. I could see no sign of the scaup today, but it could still be around as I did not have a very good look. At the end of the day 2 wheatear were of note, both on the long shingle spit to the east of the Tern hide.
Hi Bob
ReplyDeleteYou are so busy! Really enjoyed your talk to RSPB East Dorset last Wednesday. That's a great photo of a Wheatear at sunset. Hope to be visiting again soon.
Best wishes,
Jennifer Thompson