Whitemoor Haye and Thursday evening update

At Whitemoor Haye this evening it was a bit quite, the birds we saw was a count of about of 50 Sand Martins and a single flying Snipe but the star bird was a flock of about 10 Tree Sparrows which is a new bird to add to the year list of 2017, which takes my total up to 121 birds.

Todays Egyptian Geese

 

Over at Tucklesholme this evening there was still no new migrants in, I'm still waiting on the arrival of Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Garden Warbler.

The birds that were present today include a count of six Little Ringed Plovers and a single Ringed Plover on the main pit. Along the river we had five Swallows, two Sand Martins and two Flying Little Egrets, but the main bird of today was a pair of Egyptian Geese which had five chicks which could be seen on the little pool on the Derbyshire side of the river opposite the second pit.

 

Have a good rest of the week all - Joe and Martyn