Last days of the dragons

With the weather gradually cooling down and getting wetter, the increasingly rare patches of sunshine are helping the last of the dragonflies still on the wing

With the weather gradually cooling down and getting wetter, the increasingly rare patches of sunshine are helping the last of the dragonflies still on the wing. A few Migrant Hawkers were along the South Finger Walkway this morning, including the individual in the photo above at the Kingfisher Hide.

Kingfisher Hide
A Water Rail was calling from the reedbed this morning with another vocal bird in the reedbed nearer the Zeiss Hide and a third in the South Finger Reedbed. These elusive birds are likely to be all over the reserve but only known when they let out their pig-like squeal. At least 15 Ruff and 12 Curlew were feeding in field with the Lapwing flock in Bottom New Piece field along with 212 Barnacle Geese.

Zeiss Hide
A single Black-tailed Godwit was on the scrape this morning along with 15 Snipe along the shoreline. A Curlew Sandpiper was in with 130 Dunlin and also noted were a Ruff, 3 Redshank, 48 Wigeon, 10 Shoveler, 1000+ Teal and 5 Swallow over Dumbles.

South Lake
At least 27 Knot were nestled in with the 348 strong Black-tailed Godwit flock, along with a single Redshank. Two drake Pochard on deep lake.

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