Hanging in there - Green Sandpiper - Manor Farm
13:30 > 14:3023c warm, muggy, broken cloud, strong SSW wind which had caused a dead tree in the top field to finally topple and split.
A somewhat disappointing visit once more. Of course things will improve with time but at the moment the site looks more like a public park boating lake in the making more than anything more 'wild' and the birds are not being attracted in. Futher work on the inlet which now has its sides (home to a multitude of Sand Martin nests a couple of weeks ago) levelled and sloping towards the water. The depth has also been increased so bar a small area at the western end which held two Green Sandpipers there are no gravel scrapes that held waders into double figures only a week ago.
A party of eight Grey Herons herons was noticable in the lower field at the western end, below the canal embankment as were yet another Green Woodpeckerfamily group along the hedgrerow but the bird of the day was an acrobatic female Sparrowhawk atacking the ever growing Goldfinch flock.
To be honest though at the moment I would not recommend anyone particularly going out their way to visit the site just yet. I am passing every other day so I will keep all posted with improvements (hopefully).
Links;
This time last year... Dunlin remains
Sparrowhawk - Birdguides
Sparrowhawk - BTO
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Wiki
Sparrowhawk - RSPB
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