Shozzer and I took the very familiar journey to Eyebrook this morning hoping to catch up with some goodies. Our plan didn't quite bear fruit though it was far from bring a total duffer and if nothing else the weather was pretty good. We began at the Great Easton end of the res before moving on to take in the rest.
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| Willow Emerald and Comma |
From Sam's Dyke we saw the long staying immature Whooper Swan, two Ruffs and also a brace of Snipe. The island bunker produced a Greenshank and another Ruff but little else. Nothing much was noted until we reached the sharp end where a now very much deja vu selection of waders were on offer. Blackwits and Greenshanks joined a cast of Ruffs, a Dunlin, Ringed and Little Ringed Plovers but we couldn't find anything more exotic. At the bridge a Spotted Flycatcher which Al found was the highlight while interesting insects included Willow Emeralds and some pristine looking Speckled Woods. A look along the Rutland Bank was fairly unproductive and we headed to the bridleway east of the plantation.
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| Spotted Flycatcher and Common Blue |
Highlight from the bridleway was a brief Cattle Egret which dropped in and departed within the space of about a minute. Best insect was a site first Common Blue butterfly, there were also a few of their damselfly namesake too. Another look at the reservoir added a male Stonechat to our list and further views of the Cattle Egret which had joined the herd of cattle at the inflow before it moved on once again. We had a chat with Phil, Cheryl and Ken before the lure of the 'spoons proved too strong and we moved on. Next week is the annual Norfolk weekend and hopefully the conditions and wildlife will be good to us.
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| Cattle Egret, Blackwit and Greenshank |
