Thursday, August 19, 2010
Dorney
At six-thirty this morning a Cetti's warbler was singing and chattering on the wetlands. Two willow warblers were moving through bushes "hoo-eet"ing.
A second Cetti's was again singing along the stream on the edge of Dorney Common, and there was a handful of yellow wagtails with the cattle.
A grey wagtail was at the weir and a common sandpiper was foraging on a raft of algae.
Back near the bridges I spotted a distant greenshank feeding round one of the small islands but lost it. In fact I probably flushed it - but it's difficult not to on the site these days, with the now-profuse bank vegetation obstructing views from all but the higher (and more conspicuous) ground.A little grebe (first I've seen for ages) was wearing a becoming scarf of weed. Four snipe came flying over calling and went down on West Marsh. Plenty of reed and sedge warblers were evident, and the Cetti's was still vocal when I left at eight.
// posted by Christine @ 1:23 AM 
