Whitchurch; Had 2 nice sightings from garden, first a HOBBY then 2 COMMON RAVENS flying together. We heard them cronking before they appeared quite low right over the garden. .

Calvert BBOWT; 2 Green Sandpiper/1 Common sandpiper/ c300 Lapwing over.

Up to 3 Green Sandpipers have been present all week (Tim Watts)

Juvenile COMMON CUCKOO at Calvert - one of very few recorded in the county thus far

Calvert BBOWT; 2 Green Sandpiper/ juvenile COMMON CUCKOO on post in open area. Indistinct markings, bit looser plumage and slight brown colouration over grey/ Coot struggling to eat Crayfish/ c200 Lapwing over.

Hillesden; 1 Green Sandpiper/ juvenile Yellow Wagtail

Calvert landfill; (private site) 3 Little Egrets, adult with head plumes/bright legs and two juveniles with dull bare parts.

2 Common Sandpiper/ 163 Lapwing loafing.

Tim Watts

Common Sandpipers

Two different COMMON SANDPIPERS present at Calvert BBOWT today (16 July) (Tim Watts)

Green Sandpipers

BBOWT Lake; 2 GREEN SANDPIPERS (depicted above)/ 1 Common sandpiper/HOBBY hawking insects.

Have been watching the Great crested Grebes feed their young and main prey items have been Perch and Pike 3-6" long. Today adult kept trying to get quite small youngster to take a large prey item,but it was either refusing or prey just too big. Got scope on it and it was a Crayfish! Amazingly youngster eventually accepted it and swallowed it whole with a struggle - Crayfish was about a third of it's size!!! (Tim Warrs)

CALVERT - 10 July

BBOWT Lake; 2 Green Sandpiper/ Cuckoo in flight either a very brownish female or juvenile.

Yesterday 3 Green Sand and 1 Common Sandpiper.

A weird sight was a Great crested Grebe chased into shallow pool (2nd hide) by another with chicks. The one in pool really panicked as other Grebe gaurding entrance and water so shallow it got stuck in silt. It then tried to take off or get further away by attempting to run on surface of water but silt stopped it. Then sat crouched facing other Grebe and after a while it attempted to walk around the drier bank. Grebes are certainly not good at this!! legs set so far back on body best it could do was waddle a few steps then fall over; last seen clambering into Juncus. Just to compound it's problems the Swan family was on the mud mound blocking that exit as well!

Tim Watts

1-6 JULY - IMAGES FROM CALVERT - TIM WATTS

Adult GREEN SANDPIPER and adult Common Tern

28 JUNE - Adult summer MEDITERRANEAN GULL at Calvert Landfill

An adult summer MEDITERRANEAN GULL was a very surprise find at Calvert Landfill on 28 June (Tim Watts)

There have also been up to 5 calling EUROPEAN TURTLE DOVES of late (Jon Holt) and YELLOW WAGTAIL is breeding.