A bright and breezy morning visit to Eyebrook failed to produce anything too exciting but delivered a few highlights to make the trip worthwhile. Water levels remain low but an increasing amount of ducks are beginning to arrive with Wigeon Teal and Tufted Ducks in particular present in numbers. I carefully went through several large Tufty flocks but couldn't find anything amongst them aside from the two duck and one drake Red Crested Pochard which had been reported earlier. At least ten Pintails were in the bay north of the island but this species always seems to be late to come out of eclipse and consequently they are still in yucky ducky mode.
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| Lapwings, Ringed Plover and drake Pintail |
Despite the amount of exposed mud around the res there were few waders about other than Lapwings and a single juvenile Ringed Plover south of the island. Interesting gulls were sadly lacking too with just one adult Yellow-legged Gull at the island. A small flock of Siskins and a couple of Marsh Tits were at the bridge while the resident pair of Stonechats were favouring vegetation at the inflow. Insects were fairly scarce with just a single Comma, two Willow Emeralds and five Common Darters being seen. The mature Willow Emeralds are looking beautiful now as they have acquired a bronzy sheen and also some blue colouring, they're a late season treat for autumn ode hunters. The need to do shopping and chores brought my birding to a close but I'm off this week so should be able to squeeze a bit more in later.
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| Comma, Willow Emerald and Common Darter |
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