Friday 17 July 2009

Friday 17th July 09 - Afternoon - BHG's en masse and possible Mink

2:00 > 3:00pm
Very heavy showers, sunny spells, strong westerly wind when raining.

First visit for a week due to working away and water levels remain pretty steady after recent days of heavy showers.
The only notable birds were a a single juvenile Little Ringed Plover, now spreading its wings and flying around the site, and a Green Sandpiper.

Notable at the site, and not just around the water but around the fields surrounding were around 500 gulls, the usual 100 or so regulers bolstered possibly by others brought down by the rain. Mostly BHG's with a sprinkling of larger gulls here and there. Around 50 Lapwing were also on site.

Along the banks of Back Brook I saw a juvenile Moorhen getting dragged back into the water by an unseen assailant, the only conclusion I can come up with with is tha we have Mink in the area and this might explain the juvenile Black Headed Gull ripped to bits one afternoon last week (see somewhere below).

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