1500 hrs in a strengthening SW5 and light drizzle on one of the quietest visits for quite some time.
With work on the west bank I walked along the east bank beyond the boatyard to scope the mud and water which nearly drew a blank.
No Teal were present and just the resident adult female Mallard and her 3 well grown young one of which gave me a heart stopping moment when at distance through the bins, and then through the scope, I picked out a white duck which I thought must be a juv Shelduck until I snapped it and found it to be one of the young Mallards covered in white foam from the waters edge. One of the others had a foamy white bill.
3 Raven were distant over the Nab and 4 Kestrels were up , otherwise nothing.
To continue the story from last nights blog with the suspiciously tame Heron which I was concerned about but seeing it fly thought it must have been ok. Tonight as I arrived it was sat at the side of the track and approachable other than having a peck at me and flapping its wings.
One of the work team came out of the portacabin to say he found it with its leg trapped in the wire fence so he freed it and it stood ok and flapped its wings ok but then sat by the track refusing to move.
It may just have been exhausted from trying to free itself as otherwise it looked unharmed but I,m not holding a lot of hope for it.
A good hours vis mig this morning when overnight fog cleared at 0700 hrs letting Mipits and Swallows pile through >S but by 0800 hrs the fog returned.
BS