Another visit to this superb NNR, bright and early today, after warden Owen Beaumont had found a singing male Savi's Warbler a few days previously. We also planned to look for Odonata and a separate post on my Dragonfly sightings blog can be found here @ https://LincolnshireOdes.blogspot.com .
After arriving just after dawn, i got my kit together and made my way down to where the Savi's Warbler had been singing and as i neared where the bird had been reported i could hear it singing. After meeting up with Dave H, we settled down to enjoy some really nice scope views of the bird as it sang from relatively the same area. Most of the ID features could be seen through the scope, with the rounded tail and pale edged undertail coverts being visible, along with the diffuse supercilium and slight breast band. This is my first sighting of the species in Lincolnshire and has been a long time coming to be honest, with a twitchable one in the county being absent for many, many years.
After enjoying the lovely Locustella, i spent an hour or so scanning the sea, saltmarsh and surrounding area waiting for Daz to arrive. Some nice birds which were seen from my viewpoint included 2 Barn Owl, a Great-white Egret, 2 Eider which flew south, 100+ Common Scoter sat on the sea and 14 Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits which also flew south.
When Daz finally arrived, we went to explore and look for Odonata. While wandering about, other nice sightings included Pyramidal and Southern-marsh Orchids, Marsh Helleborines and 40+ Small Skipper and overhead 2 Red Kites thermalled slowly south.
By the time lunch time had arrived i was knackered after the early start and it was just too hot, so i called it a day, but i had already been on site for a good 8 hours.
The following are a selection of pics and videos from the visit.
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| A Phonescoped Shot Of The Male Savi's Warbler |
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| Small Skipper. |
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| A Great View Of Part Of The NNR At Rimac. |
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| Phone Pic Of A Marsh Helleborine. |
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| Phone Pic Of A Pyramidal Orchid. |
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