RXwildlife Sightings

The pectoral sandpiper was still on Burrowes pit today, along with a sanderling, two common sandpipers and several dunlin. Two black terns (our first of the year) were seen at the ARC pit.

Visitors to the Parkes hide at Ternery Pool are getting a real insight into the ups and downs of seabird life. There are many nesting Black-headed Gull and about half the nests have hatched with the young chicks looking very appealing.

But visitors also have the chance to see the bigger gulls diving into the colony and taking the weaker chicks… the ones that are slow to hide.

The series of pictures below shows a Lesser Black-backed Gull consuming one of those appealing chicks and helping to ensure the “survival of the fittest“.

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Highlights at Castle Water today included  15 Bar-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper and Marsh Harrier on the new excavations, 2 drake Garganey were again viewable from the hide where a Hobby also gave good views. At the viewpoint Bearded Tit showed well in the nearest reeds and Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat and Blackcap were present in the nearby willows.