Lodmoor - A Morning Circuit

 A walk around the lake did not produce anything unexpected so I tried to get a few photos of the birds present.

Great White Egret - One of three present. Showed well but distant.

This one was playing hard to see!

Teal and Dunlin - There were lots of Teal present but not yet in their finest plumage. 
Both birds were avidly feeding.

Ruff - This very white individual is thought to be the same as previous winters. 
See https://hawfinches-birding.blogspot.com/2019/10/lodmoor-on-wet-day.html  
and scroll down to see the same individual.

Lodmoor Late Evening Visit

I managed  a quick visit to Lodmoor RSPB Reserve as the light was beginning to fade.  Sightings included 3 Great White Egrets (7 reported earlier in the day), 3 Little Egrets, 10+ Black-tailed Godwits, 6+ Dunlin and c150 Mediterranean Gulls!

Among the 300 or so Gulls was just 1 Common Gull and this colour ringed Herring Gull.  This individual was stood there as though he owned the place and I thought there would be quite a few previous reports. However that was not the case and a swift response from the ringer showed that it was ringed in Coverack, Cornwall in July 2018.  This was the first sighting since it was ringed!

Herring Gull - Black 591

Sika Deer - The short video clip below shows this stag and a female emerging from the reeds.