An evening stroll at Belmont and a quick stop at Rivington.
Belmont
Quite surprised that the spring mud & good wader edges which attracted the Ringed Plover were nowhere to be seen with high water levels. Then I remembered that this is summer ........
Curlew 1
Oystercatcher 3
Lapwing 5
Common Sandpiper 1 heard
Great Crested Grebe 4 incl 1 well grown juvenile
Moorhen 2
Blackcap 1 singing
Willow Warbler 1 singing
Reed Bunting 1m
Canada Goose c50
Greylag Goose 1
Barnacle Goose 1
LBB Gull 3
Swift 6
Swallow 2
House Martin 5
Mallard 20
BH Gull thousands !
Pied Wagtail 2
Meadow Pipit 2
Highlight was a Stoat that successfully ran from the Reservoir wall across the A675 (thanks to the brakes on a red BMW !)
Rivington Reservoir
Water levels lower than Belmont but quite quiet.
Great Crested Grebe 5
Grey Heron 2
Gulls 100
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