Little Lapwings

There were rumours this afternoon of a 'strange swift' at Besthorpe (seen at around 2.45pm amongst around 50 Common Swifts, and which may or may not have shown a white rump, although details are sketchy). Being the bird-finder that I am, I went instead to look at cute baby Lapwings at Cotham Flash (which seemed like a better idea than looking for partially albino swifts). Carl had had one Lapwing chick on the field pool this morning, and my visit this evening produced 4 chicks there - a family of 3 and one lone bird. Nice to see.



Lapwing chicks on the field pool at Cotham Flash

I then spent the rest of the evening until dark on Hawton Works Grassland. There were 3 reeling Groppers, and surprisingly a Short-eared Owl still present. Is this bird going to summer? On a disappointing note, still no sign of any Barn Owls (which bred successfully last year), but the usual Little Owl was around the works building.