Another visit to Abberton today, hoping to find some recently returned migrants. We started along the entrance track to the reserve and soon heard the first of several Nightingales singing. We then spotted one individual perched up in the open allowing us some super prolonged views of a species that can be very difficult to see. Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs were numerous and very vocal and a Great White Egret flew past.
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| Nightingale |
We headed back down to the causeway and watched several Common Terns flying across the reservoir. We had heard that two Ring Ouzels had been seen again this morning, so we headed round to the viewpoint at Lodge Lane and began the search. A frustrating search produced Yellowhammers, Reed Buntings, Whitethroats, Skylarks, and a Marsh Harrier before our target birds suddenly flew out from behind a bramble bush. We also watched several more Common Terns over the water and among them were five Little Gulls.
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| Common tern |
As headed back up the track we spotted a yellow wagtail sitting high up in a tall Oak Tree. A bonus year tick as I had missed one earlier in the day when we had spotted at the layby to Wigborough Bay.
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| The track down to the viewpoint at Lodge lane |
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| Yellow Wagtail |
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