Another visit to the patch today in the lovely warm conditions,resulted in the expected early summer lull in interesting species being encountered,so more concentration on breeding birds and monitoring numbers of summer migrants took place.
On Winter's first thing,the only real highlight,was a unusually late staying female Wigeon,with most birds being long gone by now.
Other notables here included the female Cuckoo still here,breeding success with a juvenile Little Grebe being fed by its parents and the first decent flock of Greylags of the summer,with 183 birds being present along with 9 Canada's and a Greylag x Canada hybrid.
A walk along the mitigation area saw at least 2 pairs of Lapwing 'Squeaking' as i walked past,confirming that they have chicks hatched and also it looks like a pair of Oystercatcher are also attempting to breed,after i was dive bombed by the male of the pair,let's hope they are successful.
Other species observed along the Mit site included 4 juvenile Grey Heron and my first Small Heath & Meadow Brown Butterflies of the year.
I then walked along the beck up to Chapel Farm and along Chapel Field Road,grilling a flock of 298 Starling in the hope of finding a Rose-coloured Starling,but no such luck.....the hunt continues!.
Along the Humber bank between Goxhill Haven and Dawson City the only surprise,was a buck Muntjac,casually wandering about munching wildflowers and more butterfly sightings included Painted lady,Red Admiral,Common Blue and Small Heath.
More of the same was seen on the remainder of the visit,with 9 Curlew still present along Goxhill Marsh and also a singing male Cuckoo was still around.
A typical summer visit today,with insect sightings being more and more apparent,hopefully something interesting will turn up.
Phonescoped Shot Of A Small Heath On The Mitigation Area. 
Flavous Nomad Bee. 
East Halton Beck.
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| Dawson City LWTR. |
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| Ruins Pond,Goxhill Marsh. |
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| Ox-eye Daisies,East Halton. |
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