Alan Shorrock and I visited a couple of sites in the Welland Valley today and while the weather was good the birding was not great. A few insects were active once the day had warmed up a little but numbers are dwindling now as autumn gathers pace. Overall a little disappointing but days like today have been infrequent this year so I can't grumble too much.
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| Red Admiral and Common Darter |
We began at Titchmarsh NR where a small selection of waders were the highlight, yesterday's Common Scoter having predictably moved on. Three Dunlin, a Redshank, at least two Common Sandpipers and a Green Sandpiper were on view from the North Hide, there was little else to report. A small selection of butterflies included Commas and Red Admirals as well as a single Common Blue. Common Blue damselflies also made it on to today's list as two females were noted along with a single Willow Emerald. Common Darters and Migrant Hawkers made up the rest of the ode list, we didn't see much else before moving on to Summer Leys.
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| Green Sandpiper and Snipe. |
No sign of the Bittern at the scrape where a Green Sandpiper did show reasonably well. It was down to two distant raptors to provide the interest, a Hobby was spotted by the sharp eyed Shozzer while one of a growing band of would be Bittern photographers picked out a Marsh Harrier. Very little else was seen, a Pintail showed from Rotary and a Brown Hawker was seen from Pioneer. We left and headed to the Saxon Tavern where a pint helped to revive flagging spirits.
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| Great White Egret |
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