A pair of Grey Wagtails and a Moorhen family

Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea

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On Wednesday we had our last work party of the winter at Heyshott. Afterwards I called in at Arundel and found a pair of Grey Wagtails by Lake Swanbourne. On the pond outside Arundel WWT there was a pair of Moorhens feeding six chicks which must have been just a few days old. Inside the reserve a female Mute Swan sat on her throne.

On Thursday Roger arrived for a couple of days and I took him to Arundel to find the Grey Wagtails. As we approached the outflow from Lake Swanbourne I described the birds to him and looked downstream for them. "Are they like these?" he asked, pointing to the pair of wagtails sitting on a branch overhanging the water. I think I'll be hearing about this again...

Heyshott - last winter fire

Yew gone

Primrose, Primula vulgaris, foodplant for the Duke of Burgundy butterfly

Arundel:

Chiffchaff, Hylloscopus collybita

Chiffchaff, Hylloscopus collybita

Chiffchaff, Hylloscopus collybita

Chiffchaff, Hylloscopus collybita

Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo

Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiacus

Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo

Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus

Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea

Grey Wagtail feeding

Grey Wagtail shaking and wagging

Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea

Moorhens, Gallinula chloropus

Moorhen chick

Moorhens with fish

Moorhens feeding cranefly to chick

Mute Swan, Cygnus olor on nest

Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus

Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus

Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus

By Lake Swanbourne:

Roger's Grey Wagtails, Motacilla cinerea

Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea

Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea

Grey Wagtails feeding together

Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea

Chiffchaff, Hylloscopus collybita