Farmoor Reservoir : Waders and Terns.

Very good period for waders with eleven species seen, the highlights being 65+ Bar-tailed Godwit and 3+ Grey Plover in one flock on the 25th August. Also 6 Arctic and 20 Common Terns present on the same day. Three Sandwich Terns seen on the 26th was the second sighting in in less than a week.

Farmoor : Terns

Highlights today were 7 Sandwich Terns seen briefly early morning and 6 black Terns and a Goosander late afternoon. 

Farmoor Reservoir : Late afternoon.

On a late afternoon visit today I met Mandy and Caroline on the causeway, who told me that they had just seen two Black-tailed Godwit a Sanderling and three Ringed Plovers. I thanked them for the information and continued my walk to the West end of the causeway where I stopped to scan F2.and within a few seconds saw three Black Tern, the first multiple sighting here this year. Photo taken by Caroline Rhymes Walker.

                                                             

Farmoor Grey Plover.

The second Grey plover of the year spent a few minutes over F1 before flying East mid morning today. 

Farmoor : Update

The first Redstart of the year was found on the 29th and was still present on the 30th.Two Med Gulls were seen on the 30th, juvenile early morning and a adult late afternoon, which was probably the bird that was seen on the 28th. Green Sandpiper seen on shrike Meadow yesterday was also present today. Small number of Common Gulls seen in this period.
 

 Common Gull (Adult )

Med Gull ( Juvenile )

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