Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)


Green Sandpiper Bathing & Preening - A movie










The rain was just too much for them.

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)











Juvenile Sand Martins struggling with the weather. One looked decidedly worse for wear.

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
























Great White Egret (Ardea alba) Complete with take off sequence.

Tag CloudGreenSandpiper, SandMartin, GreatWhiteEgret, Avocet

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Black-tailed Godwit ( Limosa limosa)



Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)



Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)



Avocet chasing off a Redshank (truing totanus)



Both Avocet parents attacking a Black headed Gull

Tag CloudAvocet, BlackHeadedGull, GreenSandpiper, BlacktailedGodwit

Avocet & Shelduck reaching a standoff



Avocet sheltering her chicks





Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)









Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Tag CloudWoodSandpiper, Avocet, GreenSandpiper, Avocet&Shelduck

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

A beautiful morning with some of the birds still present from yesterday's even higher totals of Wood Sand, Curlew Sand & Little Stint

At least 20, probably more, Wood Sandpiper
1 Curlew Sandpiper
1 Little Stint
At least 3 Green Sandpiper
At least 4 Greenshank
At least 3 Common Sandpiper
4 Spoonbill
Numerous Ruff and Black Tailed Godwit
Redshank
Little Ringed Plover

The Coast Road end of the Iron Road



A very inviting ditch

Tag CloudCommonSandpiper, Avocet, Landscape

Avocet with chicks (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Avocet attacking a Heron

Tag CloudAvocet, GreyHeron

Juvenile Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)





Juvenile Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)





Juvenile Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)



Juvenile Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)



Moulting Wigeon (Anas penelope)

Tag CloudAvocet, Lapwing, BlacktailedGodwit, Wigeon, ReedBunting, Shelduck, Wigeon

Nest building on the 10th June.

A previous attempt had failed.








The third of four was egg was laid on the 19th June







And they sat until this morning.












































Avocet (Reurvirostra avosetta)

Tag CloudAvocet

Still sitting

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucus)





Spoonbill with youngster (Platalea leucorodia)



































Avocet v Little Egret action

Tag CloudAvocet, CommonSandpiper, Spoonbill, LittleEgret

The view from the bottom of Anterton Hill



The tree on the edge of the car park at the bottom of Anterton Hill





Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)









30 + Knot (Calidris canutus) in various stages of moult with a least one still in summer plumage and one partially.





Hairy Tare (Vicia hirsuta)







Ichneumon Wasp Sp - (Ichneumon suspiciosus)

from

Wildlife Insight

but

Nature Spot

suggests it's a female Ichneumon extensorius

So with a possible name for it I have submitted it to irecord



Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)



Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhygonycha fulva)

Tag CloudLandscape, Avocet, Knot, HairyTare, IchneumonSp, Gatekeeper

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)





Wild Celery (Apium graveolens)





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Grass Sp ?



Grass Sp



Grass Sp?





Hogweed (Heraclium sphodylium)



Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)











Ruff (Philomachis pugnax)



Sedge?



Sea Club Rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus)









Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)















Spaerophoria Sp mating











Spoonbill

Tag CloudAvocet, WildCelery, GrassSp, Ruff, LittleRingedPlover, PricklySowthistle, SpaerophoriaSp, Spoonbill, HoverflySp, Hogweed, SeaClubRush