A total of 58 adult lapwing – suggesting 29 pairs – at least 3 of these are still sitting.
There are now lots of chicks about since my last visit on the 20th April – a total of 31 seen, from at least 14 different broods – some of these are getting well grown, and still in broods of 3, suggesting survival is good. This number of young will be a minimum count – its very likely there will have been others I didn’t see. There were several adult birds that were behaving as if they had young with them, but I could not see the chicks.
The fields nearest the hide continue to be where most of the lapwing are to be seen.
One sitting oystercatcher was also seen, and at least 5 curlew were present.
There were six wheatears on the main hide field, including several very smart males – two were even sitting on the roof of the hide at one point !
The pond at the top of the farm held a brood of young moorhen with adults.
I also saw several brown hare.
No comments:
Post a Comment