Stopped off at Willen Lake North Basin on my way back from the Rutland Water PGP
and couldn't believe how shallow the lake was - lots of mud and some huge
potential for the coming autumn season. Waders were represented by 7 GREEN
SANDPIPERS, 3 Oystercatchers and 52 Lapwings, with 20 Little Egrets fishing in
the shallow reedbed fringes; also female Gadwall with 4 young and female Tufted
Duck with 6 young.
Just look at all that mud !!
Roosting Black-headed Gulls, Common Terns and Sinensis Cormorants on spit
The Green Sandpiper flock
Little Egrets and Lapwings
Lots of Little Egrets wading in the shallows
Closer-up of the Green Sandpiper flock
