Thursday, July 02, 2020

Ringstone

Little egret at Ringstone this afternoon, looked settled until a Grey heron chased it off , it left flying  east

Also

1 Herring gull
2 Black-headed gulls
1 common sandpiper
6 Tufted ducks
Plenty of Swallows, House martins and a few Sand martins
3 Great crested grebes, 1 collecting nesting material again!



4 comments:

Peter Smith said...

Great photo Phil. What a lovely bird.

Steve Blacksmith said...

It is. Cracking shot.

NTBR said...

Good spot Phil.

David Sutcliffe said...

Nice one Phil. There seem to be a few more Sand Martins than usual around this year though the other hirundines and Swifts seem to still be low in numbers. Hopeful for a good breeding season to recover the numbers.