There were 16 Cattle Egrets and 2 Little Egrets at Catcott yesterday morning. Snipe and Lapwings the only waders seen.
The only waders on 2VP this evening were 2 Blackwits - no Snipe or Lapwing, with the habitat still good despite the rain. Couldn’t find a Garganey either.
Nothing of much interest from the hide at Catcott and the water level dropping a few inches has vastly reduced its attraction to waders, sadly. Wonder where all the Cattle Egrets were - Noah’s perhaps.
1 very nice female-type Garganey on 2VP this afternoon (from viewing screens in fact). I’m not sure but could believe it’s actually a drake in eclipse. Sadly no flapping while on view for me today.
1 Snipe visible(!), c100 Lapwing, just a few Teal. No Blackwits.
Habitat starting to look good.
Couldn’t find an Osprey there or on Shapwick.
Well over 100 Wood Sands reported in East Anglia alone today, and we are surrounded with singles. The race is on for the Marshes’ next, will surely be Catcott or 2VP…
Put in quite a bit of time around Decoy yesterday and finally saw the Purple Heron at 8.15pm, a fine flight view from the hide as it flew from the south edge of the lake northeast and across the Roughet. Also saw Scarlet Tiger, White Admiral and Hornet.
Ham Wall this morning:
1 Spot Fly in the wet clearing a few hundred m north of the pub (east side of road)
1 juv Stonechat at the Sharpham end
1 drake Garganey
Best I could do on Shapwick was 1 Hobby. Seem to be plenty of Cuckoos around this year.