Options are still a little limited for summer birding, so the Pivots is still a good bet as it provides a fair mix of habitat, a fix of green along with water and food for a mix of bird species.
Moving into August, anticipation runs higher with the imminent arrival of Autumn migrants and on this morning's outing a few announced their arrival.
Eurasian Hoopoe is generally one of the first species to arrive back
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| Eurasian Hoopoe (Merops apiaster) |
Along with Upcher's Warbler, although the two birds I saw were wary and kept cover between themselves and me. At the lake, I had a single White-winged Tern and both Bee-eater species passed by a little later in the morning coming down to rest and drink at the large pan
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| European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) |
Elsewhere, resident Crested Larks seem to be increasing in various stages of moult
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| Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) |
Most of the action was around the two shallow pans - many first year Collared Pratincole's
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| Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) |
The Broad-billed Sandpiper from last week was still present and eluded me again. There were numbers of adult and 1st year Little Ringed Plover's
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| Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) |
and a few Kentish Plover's
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| Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus) |
A single Temminck’s Stint was feeding quietly and unobtrusively next to the track
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| Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) |
Although this Common Sandpiper pushed it from where it was quietly minding it's own business.
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| Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
Only two Lapwing species present this morning, I caught the White-tailed Lapwing as it flew by overhead - not the most flattering angle!
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| White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus) |
A drive around the farm before leaving gave a Blue Pansy (haven't seen one of these in a while)
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| Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya) |
And a Brown Rat that 'froze' in the middle of the road - where is the Kestrel when you need one?
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| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
By now the temp had ratcheted up and birds took cover for any shade they could find - so I too called it quits
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