Monday 20th July
An overcast morning with an easterly breeze,
07:00hrs, Sandy Water Park.
The female Tufted duck is down to only two ducklings, originally she had seven
there was a significant flock of around 30 Swifts, at the Pwll end of the lake, these high fliers will soon be leaving us, I expect they will all be gone by around mid August.
58 Mute Swans, two Reed Buntings, a Chiffchaff and a Reed Warbler was the best I could muster.
The Chiffchaff and Reed Warbler are more summer visitors to the UK, and by the end of October I suspect they may be well on the way to their wintering grounds, the Chiffchaff perhaps no further than the Mediterranean regions (although some do stay through the winter in the UK), whilst the Reed Warbler will venture as into Sub-Saharan Africa to winter in tropical Africa.
(The pictures are not great, the light was awful, but if you click on the picture you maty get a better size image)
07:00hrs, Sandy Water Park.
The female Tufted duck is down to only two ducklings, originally she had seven
there was a significant flock of around 30 Swifts, at the Pwll end of the lake, these high fliers will soon be leaving us, I expect they will all be gone by around mid August.
58 Mute Swans, two Reed Buntings, a Chiffchaff and a Reed Warbler was the best I could muster.
The Chiffchaff and Reed Warbler are more summer visitors to the UK, and by the end of October I suspect they may be well on the way to their wintering grounds, the Chiffchaff perhaps no further than the Mediterranean regions (although some do stay through the winter in the UK), whilst the Reed Warbler will venture as into Sub-Saharan Africa to winter in tropical Africa.
(The pictures are not great, the light was awful, but if you click on the picture you maty get a better size image)
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| Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus scripaceus |
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| Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus |
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| female Tufted Duck now with only two ducklings |
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