Longham Lakes - Part 1

 A prompt from Dave in Weymouth was enough to stimulate my interest as this was the second of c2 Scarce / Rare birds reported from the site. Even if not seen the 20 minute drive always throws up a wealth of birdlife so bording my Trusty Steed the order was "full ahead both engines"

without forgeting the
Moth Traps

where again there was just a single
MOTTLED UMBER

+ c4
DECEMBER MOTHs

At first sight the North Lake looked to be awash with radient male

POCHARD
where were the fems?

with no surprise to find a total count of at least 5

GREAT WHITE EGRET

across the site with unusually very few

REED BUNTING

male feeding and a

female.

As ever

good numbers of

BLACK-HEADED GULL
and an eon in finding the

now reduced to c2

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER

but not a chance of finding the far more rare

Trans-Atlantic

RING-BILLED GULL
(images from the archive for reference)