Having said that, I did manage to visit both Longham Lakes and Hatch Pond, but I was unable to see anything of interest there. A potential Sedge Warbler was mocking me from the reeds, but a beating sun and an irate 9-year-old stopped me from seeking it out as diligently as I might of.
I'm hoping that a trip to my sistster's in Wales is going to yield better results in a few weeks time. A survey has been done on the grounds of where she lives and yields over 13 birds I haven't seen, including Red Kites and Dippers. August can't come soon enough.
In the meantime here's a few shots of the distant birds at Longham and Hatch Pond.
Spied this Wood Pigeon as we walked to the lakes. They're everywhere!
A nice treat were these baby coots, that didn't move as fast as the adults.
Mute swans were plentiful around the lake. We must have saw around 20.
Another Mute Swan, this time with a Coot escort.
This island is quite far out, making it a haven for birds. I spotted a Grey Heron, several Black-Headed Gulls and a Lapwing to the right of the Heron. I think that's a Herring Gull but it looks pretty big! so possibly a Lesser Black-Backed Gull.
A Pied Wagtail and its young were looking for food on the shore.
We're now at Hatch Pond, where a Moorhen got relatively close.
Some nice lighting shows off its colourful plumage.
A Black-Headed Gull flyby. I saw a Heron but had the wrong camera settings. Doh!
An immature Black-Headed Gull guarding a post.
And finally a Mallard out for a swim.
So that's it for this week. I'm once again on 82 birds, with another 190 left to spot.
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