On LFGP, lots of BH Gull and Common Tern feeding chicks, 38 Lapwing, a few Herring and LBB Gulls, but little else, so I decided to walk North along the Loddon and saw 4 Oystercatcher fly in to the North end of Lodge Wood Lake, scoping them revealed a fully fledged family, posing for just long enough to catch them together, these are no doubt the BBOWT pit birds, so good to know they had another successful year.
6 more Lapwing flew towards LFGP and a brief falcon might have been Hobby, but that was about it.
This morning I was out at 05:20 to help a student carry out more of her degree survey studies and we watched a Barn Owl quartering the car park field for a few moments, my first sighting at Lavell's since 1st March.
Onwards along the golf course strip, but just before a Nuthatch called at the East end of the car park field, new for the month, then a juvenile Grey Wagtail with 3-5 Pied Wagtail on the beach.
Not much else to report until the walk back, when I picked up Coal Tit call, quickly getting onto a bird at the top of a willow, revealing a juvenile, so must have bred nearby...another month tick for the park. These two months ticks brought the total up to 85, the = 2nd highest shared with 2006. We are missing records of Lesser Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, Green Sandpiper and Linnet, all are possible.
Lastly the Oystercatcher was feeding on the golf course and offered another quick photo opportunity;
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