Trip reports

Rutland Water Trip Report

Osprey in larch tree

Sunday, 26 August 2007

Malcolm Ingram led this "own transport outing. In lovely weather we visited lagoons 1-3 on the Egleton reserve, with most people walking over to the far side of Box Hill in order to see the ospreys at their nest site. Some lucky people saw an osprey catch a fish in front of their hide! Other highlights included red kite, whinchat and grey wagtail, whilst greenshank was one of several wader species seen in a species total of 71.

Species Seen:

Blackbird, buzzard, bullfinch (H), reed bunting, chaffinch, chiffchaff, coot, cormorant, crow, curlew, collared dove, stock dove, ruddy duck, tufted duck, dunnock, little egret, gadwall, black-tailed godwit, goldfinch, canada goose, egyptian goose, greylag goose, great crested grebe, little grebe, greenfinch, greenshank, black-headed gull, common gull, greater black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, heron, jackdaw, kestrel, kingfisher, red kite, lapwing, linnet, magpie, mallard, sand martin, moorhen, osprey, pheasant, wood pigeon, pochard, robin, rook, ruff, common sandpiper, green sandpiper, shoveller, snipe, house sparrow, tree sparrow, starling, swallow, mute swan, teal, common tern, blue tit, great tit, long-tailed tit, grey wagtail, pied wagtail, willow warbler, wheatear, whinchat, whitethroat, wigeon, greater spotted woodpecker, green woodpecker and wren.

Butterflies:

Brimstone, small white, holly blue, small tortoiseshell, red admiral, peacock, meadow brown, speckled wood.

Dragonflies:

Emperor, brown hawker, southern hawker, migrant hawker, common darter, ruddy darter, common blue damselfly.