Trip reports
Coach trip to Rutland Water
Sunday, 26 April 2009
32 members were on this trip and enjoyed a visit to this excellent area.
We had several sightings of osprey, sitting by the nest and flying over. Good views of red kite both from the coach and over the reserve. A drake garganey was seen and a grasshopper warbler was heard and seen. From the new hides we had good views of several yellow wagtails including a sub species, thought to be a Beema. Some were lucky enough to see and hear Turtle Dove calling.
83 Bird species were seen or heard by the group:
Little & great crested grebe, cormorant, little egret, grey heron, mute swan, greylag goose, Canada goose, Egyptian goose, ruddy shelduck, shelduck, wigeon, gadwall, teal, mallard, garganey, shoveler, pochard, tufted duck, ruddy duck, red kite, sparrowhawk, common buzzard, osprey, kestrel, hobby, pheasant, moorhen, coot, oystercatcher, little ringed plover, lapwing, dunlin, snipe, black-tailed godwit (Icelandic race), common sandpiper, black-headed gull, herring gull, lesser and great black-backed gull, common tern, stock dove, woodpigeon, collared dove, turtle dove, cuckoo, swift, green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker, sand martin, swallow, yellow wagtail, pied wagtail, wren, dunnock, robin, blackbird, song thrush, grasshopper warbler, sedge warbler, reed warbler, lesser whitethroat, common whitethroat, garden warbler, blackcap, chiffchaff, willow warbler, long-tailed tit, blue tit, great tit, jay, magpie, jackdaw, rook, carrion crow, starling, house sparrow, tree sparrow, chaffinch, greenfinch, goldfinch, bullfinch and reed bunting.
Butterflies etc:
Green veined white, large white, small white, speckled wood, orange tip, brimstone, comma and peacock. Also a Hornet.
Many thanks to Terry for leading this trip.