by Dominic | Apr 24, 2014 | Longham Lakes
If you are a regular visitor to Longham Lakes, you might like to know that SembCorp Bournemouth Water, the owners, are kindly allowing birders to use the Study Centre car park, so long as they display a numbered pass on their dashboard. To obtain such a pass, which is...
by Dominic | Apr 24, 2014 | Longham Lakes
24th April: Garganey pair still present – initially showing well by small island in SE corner of South Lake but retreated to large island at north end of lake. Also 3 Whimbrel circled overhead and flew SW towards Poole Harbour and a single Wheatear on...
by Dominic | Apr 23, 2014 | Longham Lakes
23rd April Still there today. Lorne Bissell got these images, digiscoping in the rain – he got soaked for his art! Also 1 female Wheatear, 3 Common Sandpipers and 2 Common Terns.
by Dominic | Apr 23, 2014 | Longham Lakes
22nd April The drake Garganey was still around at lunchtime, and other goodies included Hobby, Cuckoo (first of year), plus couple of Swifts over Longham Reservoir North. A strange sight was of 4 Common Sandpipers perched on a branch sticking out from the island in LR...
by Dominic | Apr 15, 2014 | Longham Lakes
15th April 2014 A great start to the day today, with a Greenshank flying over the main island, and then a Green Sandpiper flying over the north-west corner of Longham Reservoir South. Neither are common here; Green Sandpiper used to winter, but is now restricted to...
by Dominic | Apr 1, 2014 | Longham Lakes
31st March 2014 A check of singing birds in the south side of Longham Lakes this morning proved highly productive. A Mistle Thrush was in the corner of Emily’s Wood, not singing but calling in alarm. Inside the wood a kerfuffle involving noisy Jays and Wrens...
