Common Tern: pair present on lake.
Willow Warbler: one seem by Long Bridge at 7.30am moved to area 33 later.
Chiffchaff: at least eight birds in and around the Wetland Pen, several juveniles.
Blackcap: four in area 31.
Common Whitethroat: birds present in area 31.
The series of owl photos below show the differences when using two different set ups
All the juveniles showed well early this morning, by mid morning the only one that I could see was on top of a Horse Chestnut tree. The three photos below were taken with my Nikon D5000 SLR with 300mm plus 1.4 converter.
The photo below has not been cropped
The next group of four were digiscoped using a coolpix P5100
The photo below has not been cropped
Kestrel stooping on insects in the long grass by area 34
In the last few days there has been a few recently fledged Mistle Thrushes and Blackbirds. I also found a nest with almost ready to fledge Song Thrushes in.
Blackcap (above) and Chiffchaff (below)
These two Bees were flying around locked together. The first Wasp Spiders (below) of the year are now appearing.
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