Black-winged stilt
The best bird of today was a Black-winged Stilt seen from the Ron Barker it flew at 1pm towards woodend marsh and has been refound at the back of the Mere at 14:50. The photo here was taken by John Napier tday at the Ron Barker hide. Looking back through the records I dont think we've had one on site since 2006 when we had a breeding pair in front of the Ron Barker hide.
Yesterday 3 wood sandpipers were seen from the Tomlinson hide, and a little ringed plover showed really well for photos infront of the Gordon Taylor hide.
The tawny owls have been showing really well this weekend in an Ash tree on the way to Ron Barker again showing fantastically for lots of photos
We have surveyed the avocet nests and we have 14 on the reserve so far, 7 on the mere, one on Plover field and 6 on Woodend Marsh (inside the new predator fence). Fingers crossed we should see lots of fluffy chicks soon.
