Thursday 3 August 2017

Tophill's SME in early August

I had more leaflets to deliver today, but had a prolonged stay at Tophill Low Nature Reserve.  South marsh East was the place to be with eventually 3 Green Sandpipers, a Wood Sandpiper, but the star was the Great White Egret.  It remained at the back of the site, but came into the open a few times.  Also present: 3 female/juvenile Goosanders, 9 Common Terns, at least 20 Swifts through south, 2 Wigeon, a Little Ringed Plover, and the obligatory male adult Kingfisher.
Great White Egret Landing
 In Flight
 Repose
 Comparison with Little Egret
 Ditto
 Green Sandpiper
 Ditto
 Ditto
 Ditto
 Record shot of Wood Sandpiper
 Kingfisher
 Kingfisher
 Red Admiral (c) 2017 Ben Coneyworth
 Ditto
 Rampant Hull City Supporters
[aka Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars]

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