Sunday 25 May 2014

May 25th
On a bright and breezy morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and saw 13 Mute Swans, including 2 adults with 7 cygnets of which 3 were "polish" morphs, 3 Shelduck, 8 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Cormorants, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 2 adult and 1 juvenile Coot, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plovers, 4 Turnstone, 3 Redshank, 1 Cuckoo, 6 Skylarks, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 10 Reed Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Whitethroats, 3 Blackcaps and 2 Linnets.

Female Mute Swan with 7cygnets including 3 "polish" morphs

This afternoon we had a walk at Shuart and saw 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 2 Cuckoos, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Whitethroats, 5 Blackcaps and 3 Chiffchaffs. There were also  a number of Hairy Dragonflies on the wing.

Mating Hairy Dragonflies


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