a partnership between

Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
and Anglian Water

Updated 28th July

Recent Highlights

Please send records of any sightings to tim@rutlandwater.org.uk

See spring migrants page for first dates of arriving migrant

 

July

28th 1 Black-necked grebe Burley Fishponds.

27th July total count 34 Green sandpipers, 15 Common sandpipers also 7 dunlin, 4 Ruff, 6 Greenshank, plenty of Little and Ringed Plovers. 30 Little egrets, 1 Black tern, ad Med gull, 1 Little gull. 10 yellow leg gulls, c 100 Common terns, 3 Ruddy shelduck, 1 Red-crested pochard.

24 th July 1 Sandwich tern on lag 4.

23rd July. 3 Black-tailed godwits, 10 Green sandpiper on lag 3 also black tern and little gull. 2 Ruff, 5 dunlin, 2 oystercatcher, 4 yellow leg gull on lag 4. 2 Hobby over lagoons hunting sand martins. up to 25 Little egrets.

21st July 1 wood sandpiper, 18 dunlin, 2 black tern,1 little gull plus ringed and little ringed plover and yellow leg gulls on lag 4. 3 Black -tailed godwits, 3 Ruff on lag 1, 3 Osprey chicks flying from nest in Manton Bay. Common and green sandpipers widespread. 2 Mandarin in Burley fishponds. Turtle dove near osprey hide lag 2. 2 Ruddy shelduck from Lapwing hide. few greenshank and redshank around.

20th 17 Black tailed godwit,5 Ruff on lag 1. 8 snipe in Manton bay. White letter hairstreaks on wing in Lax Hill

12th July 12 Black-tailed godwits, 10 Little Egrets, 3 Curlew, 3 Ruff , 2 Green sandpiper on lag 1.

11th July 31 Black-tailed godwits, 3 Ruff on lag 1,

7th July , 4 Ruddy shelduck (no rings) on lagoon3 also 19 Black-tailed godwits, 1 Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank on lag 1, Juv Black tern and Little gull , 2 Dunlin, 7 Yellow-leg gulls and 1 Caspian Gull on lag 4. 2 Greenshank in Narm 1,around reserve 12+ Green sandpipers, 4 Common Sandpipers, 30 + Little ringed plovers , 6+ Ringed Plovers, 8 Oystercatchers. Few broods of Shoveler and Gadwall. Waterails at Shallow Water hide have 5 chicks - great photo opportunities!

6th July 25 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank on lag 1, 4 Ruddy shelduck on lag 3.

5th July, 35 Black-tailed Godwits, on lag 1, 11 Little Egrets on reserve,

.4th July - Black Tern, Little Gull and Dunlin, Lagoon 4. 10 Black-tailed Godwits and 2 Ruff, Lagoon 1.

3rd July - 3 Black Terns, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls and 1st summer Little Gull, Lagoon 4. 11 Black-tailed Godwits, Ruff and Curlew, Lagoon 1.

2nd July - Dark green Fritillary, Egleton meadows.

1st July - 2 Turtle Doves, Harrier hide (scarce this year).

June

A quiet start to the month after a brilliant May! But then it all changed on the 2nd!! see below

Pr Ospreys in Manton Bay now have three chicks excellent views from the Lyndon Reserve or on web cam.

30/6 - 3 Black-tailed Godwits, Lagoon 3.

29th June - 21 Black-tailed Godwits, Lagoon 1. 6 Little Egrets and 1st summer Little Gull, North Arm.

24th June 2 Black-tailed Godwits on lag 1, other regular sightings include Little Egrets, Hobby, litle gull, oystercatcher, Green sandpiper, Little and Ringed Plover,Curlew, Redshank, Common tern, Goldeneye, Wigeon, Gadwall, Ruddy shelduck, over 400 sand martins ringed at the artifical bank this season

22nd 1 Ruff on lag 1,

21st June 2 Spoonbills in the Narm 1 flew north around 10m. 5 Green sandpiper lag 3.

20th June. 29 Black-tailed godwits all day, 7 ad Oystercatcher dropped in 7pm on lag 1, 1 little gull on lag 4.

19th June, 5 Green sandpiper on lagoons, minimum 6 Little egrets on lagoons, 1 Little gull on lag 4, resident waders - Little and Ringed Plovers, Redshank and Oystercatchers all present. Curlews most days on lag 4. Common Tern chicks hatching in good numbers. First Tufted duck brood hatched at Lyndon today. Waterfowl numbers all increasing with 100's of Gadwall and Tufted ducks

18th June 9 Hobbies over Lagoons - regularly feeding on hatching damsel and dragonflies best views from Shoveler hide on lag 3. 7 Black-tailed Godwits on lag 1.

Fairly quiet period from 9th only exception pr of Med gulls on 14th on lag 4

9th June 2 Avocets lag 1, 1 Green sandpiper, 3 Hobby, 2 Goldeneye on lag3, 1 Sanderling, 1 Curlew , 1 Little gull . 3 Yellow leg gulls on lag4, 1 Greenshank 1 Tundra Ringed plover, 7 Little egrets in Narm1

8th June 2 Avocets on lag 4. 1 Little gull on lag 4. Up to 3 hobbies daily over lag 3.

7th June 2 Avocets on lag 4 later on lag 1. Male garganey on lag 1

6th June Sanderling on lag4.

4th June 1 Little tern, 1 Little gull on lag4 , 3 Black tern on lag3,Turnstone, 3 dunlin, 7 ringed plover, 2 redshank, 2 Little egrets on lag 1.

2nd June Broad-billed Sandpiper adult dropped in on Lag 4 for an hour at 7.45. New County Record. Thanks to Matt Berriman for finding yet another great bird. 3rd June 1 Green sandpiper manton bay, late spring migrant or early Autumn passage? Turnstone, 9 dunlin,8 ringed plover plus reg. breeding waders on lag 4.

1st June 2 Little egrets, 1st brood of Shelduck on lag 1 . 12 Ringed Plover ( 1pr breeding ), 16 Dunlin, 6 Oystercatcher - 2 prs breeding-, 30 prs Common Terns, 7 prs Little ringed Plover, min 6 prs of Lapwing all on lag4. Hobby seen daily over lag 3. Pr Redshank also on Lag 3. Ringed Plover and Dunlin and 1 Black tern in North arm.

Latest bird records can also be obtained by phoning the Visitor Centre, 01572-770651, or for all the most recent sightings in Rutland and Leicestershire please visit the LROS website.