Tuesday 29 April
What a brilliant sunny, cloudless and warm morning and time for a quick walk up the Hamble River to the conservation area and back as the incoming tide approached the the higher levels. Not a lot to be seen apart form the gulls where, for a major change, the Herring out-numbered the Black-headed Gulls by almost three to one. In addition, a single Great Black-backed Gull resting with the Herring Gulls.
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| Herring Gulls Larus argentatus |
A pair of Mallard were resting on the right as I approached the first footbridge and once at the muddy meadow a single Whimbrel feeding on the green growth whilst at the water's edge a pair of Oystercatchers. At the back of the meadow a single Shelduck. At the bottom of a neighbouring garden a Magpie was being harried by a trio of Carrion Crows.
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| Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
Nothing to add at the conservation area and on the return walk I cam across a Little Egret sheltering in the reeds and back a the first bridge a pair of Shelduck.
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| Female Shelduck Tadorna tadorna |
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| Male Shelduck Tadorna tadorna |
Birds seen:
Shelduck, Mallard, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Whimbrel, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Carrion Crow.
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| Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus |
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| Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus |
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| Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
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| Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
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