It's unbelieveable that we are in August already. It seems just a few days ago when I was wandering around in winter woolies 😂 Still, here we are at the beginning of wader migration and we have had more or less the same birds here all week. Ruff, Dunlin, Redshank, Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, Knot, Lapwing, Oystercatcher are all seen regularly, some have been here since late Spring but others are on their way elsewhere. Curlew and Whimbrel pass over too but don't seem to stay.
Quite a few of the photos of birds on the Mere in this blog post are taken from a fair old distance, so please excuse some of the quality. They are at least a record of the birds we've had.
Sunday 27 July 2025
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| Little Ringed Plovers |
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| Little Ringed Plovers |
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| Cormorant drying its wings at the sea front |
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| Black-tailed Skimmer in first field |
Wednesday 30 July 2025
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| Knot and Little Gulls |
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| Knot, Little Gulls and Dunlin |
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| Little Gulls and Common Terns |
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| Greenshank, must get a better photo |
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| Greenshank landing (pity I missed Knots Landing 🤣 |
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| A couple of Roe Deer down the woodland walk |
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| As above, zoomed in |
Thursday 31 July 2025
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| Great White Egret, up to 4 seen most days |
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| Greenshank, better but not there yet |
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| Comma |
Friday 1 August 2025
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| Roebuck at Wassand |
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| Poor shot of Otter opposite the hide |
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| Ruff and Dunlin |
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| Dunlin and Ruff |
Saturday 2 August 2025
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| Wild Angelica in Heslop's |
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| Common Darter in the garden |
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| At last - a reasonable Greenshank photo |
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| Greenshank taking off |
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| Gatekeeper |
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| Pied Wagtails (juveniles) |
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| Reed Warblers are quiet now, but are still active in the reeds |
There goes another week, blink and you miss them as they go by so quickly.
I'm looking forward to seeing a few different waders passing through over the coming couple of weeks 🤞
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