Well the coupla meadows I adopted as my patch for this spring have got completely out of hand. Monster floods have temporarily transformed them into something that would not look out of place in NE Poland.
Early signs were good with a bunch of Greenshank and other spp. organising themselves in a "T" -shape around a Med Gull
Then last week they were so far underwater a Black-necked Grebe was cruising about and giving me the three-fingered salute as I dropped in after work (so only an artist's impression available, painted very rapidly when I got home)
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| Black-necked Grebe, Suffolk |
and now the water has drained off and we are overrun by gorgeous feeding, preening calling Wood Sandpipers: 10 on a little drying flash yesterday, which must be some kind of record
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| Wood Sandpiper and Greenshank, Suffolk |
and none of this to mention the also-rans: Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Marsh Harrier, Hobbies, Turtle Dove singing away
what a splendid week
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