Little Grebe One of the few avian highlights from this evenings visit.
Leica APO Televid with 20xWW | Nikon Coolpix 995
I can't remember the last time I visited this one time favourite birding site of mine. It peaked for me when I found a Pec Sand here in September 2003, but it just seems to have lost it. Water levels are all to cock. The new workings have been dug out and are now one large pit, and apart from the stony shoreline, there is no wader habitat left to speak of. Oh hum.
Four-spotted Chaser
Leica APO Televid with 20xWW | Nikon Coolpix 995
This evening the place was buzzing with insects, in particular drags including a handful of Variable Damselflies which as far as I know are the first for the site. At least it appears to be good for something!
As for the birds, well, one pit didn't hold a single waterbird, and apart from a few warblers, it was all resident wildfowl - nothing to set the world on fire here.
Brown Hare
Leica APO Televid with 20xWW | Nikon Coolpix 995
A bonus was managing to get within snapping distance of this stunning Brown Hare. Just look at that eye!
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