You may well ask where but Floodplain Forest Local Nature Reserve is the new name given to the site formerly known as Manor Farm Workings at Old Wolverton. Anyhow, I took a trip up there this afternoon after Ted had seen the bird early morning and there it was - showing well up the west end and feeding in tow with a Little Egret and Grey Heron. I sat down and waited quietly and over the course of an hour was treated to some remarkable views. Here are my photographic results........
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
Record-breaking SANDWICH TERN flock in Little Marlow
At around 10 o'clock this morning, Mike Mayall came upon a flock of SANDWICH TERNS at Spade Oak Pit, Little Marlow - all roosting at the end of the spit with Common Terns and Black-headed Gulls. On a brief scan, Mike could count 11 but when I arrived 17 minutes later after a quick text from Alan Stephens, Jim Rose and he had actually counted 13 - the largest single flock to have ever been recorded in Buckinghamshire. Exceptionally, they remained throughout the day, even when Alan returned this evening to check. At least six individuals were ringed, including one adult with red over blue, indicating a bird trapped in 2010 at Sands of Forvie NNR, the Ythan Estuary colony. What with an adult Gannet yesterday (present for 20 minutes around lunchtime at Dorney Rowing Lakes - Dave Cleal/Jim Rose), what will tomorrow bring......
Thursday, 11 August 2016
Negative on GWE but juvenile RUFF at College
There has been no subsequent sightings of the Great White Egret seen at Manor Farm landscaped gravel pits on Tuesday, although a juvenile RUFF today becomes the latest passage wader to appear at College Lake BBOWT, following the 11 or so Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits over the past month there.
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