Monday 26 August 2013

Avocets in 2013

Avocets have turned up at Collingham twice this year - these occurrences were kept quiet at the time in case they related to breeding attempts. The first record related to a pair which turned up on 24th April; I last saw them on the 27th, when they looked like they might be thinking about nesting on Mons Pool, but I think the loafing GBB Gulls put them off. I then saw another pair on 4 June - these may well have been the same birds, which I believe tried to nest at Langford Lowfields in the end. 

Pair of Avocets on Mons Pool in April
Avocet on the Silt Lagoon in April

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