Herons, Egret and Hawkers

I started off today's walk at Kirkholme Point to check for any waders that had dropped in. A single Common Sandpiper was on the end of the Point, with 5 Redshank flying low over the water towards 1st field.

The Little Egret was here again, visible on 1st field shore from KP. Got a count of 5 Grey Herons for the morning - 2 in the shallow water between Tree Island and the north shore; 1 over 2nd field and 2 at the eastern end from Decoy Hide.

2 Grey Herons in the shallow water

Distant Little Egret on 1st field shore

Cormorants were flying in and out of the Cormorant trees on the north side of The Mere. Numbers are growing in this colony.

Cormorants in the Cormorant Trees

Little else was showing so I walked round to the south side and on to Decoy Hide. A female Marsh Harrier was calling and circling over the east end of The Mere, and a male Sparrowhawk flew over the hide. These were the only birds of note on a very quiet morning.

Plenty of dragonflies were out and about this morning though, most of them were Migrant Hawkers with a few Ruddy Darters in and among.

Migrant Hawker, female

Migrant Hawkers, male and female