Waders Love DBC Castle Lake Reserve Day

11 species of wader on the main lake at Bishop Middleham today

Common, Green & Wood Sandpipers, Snipe, Ringed & Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, Dunlin, Lapwing, Oystercatcher and Greenshank.

Lap, Lrp, CommSand, WoodSand

Common Sand ( & Lrp )

Wood Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper (honest)

x2 Dunlin

Greenshank

Ringed Plover

juvenile Little ringed Plover

one of 5 broods of Gadwall seen today    ( 11, 11, 10, 8 & 6 )

Lots of other stuff too
Hobby, juv Peregrine, 3Buzzard, all 3 wagtails including several Yellow Wags, Tree Sparrows, Stock Doves etc

several young Yellow Wagtail - adults continuing to take food into standing crops, presumably 2nd broods

Looking south onto 'Wader Bay'  from the site of the old castle. - This area immediately north of the reserve is the area of open access land.

Short clip of 4 waders feeding :-



Wood & Common Sand, juv LRP & Lapwing



NB:
The reserve is still experiencing problems with visitors ( birders & non birders alike ) walking close to the waters edge - this results in a negative impact throughout the year, but especially so during breeding season.



I spoke to one guy today who was along the waters edge with his dog . . .



When i advised him that it would be helpful if he sticks to the designated acess routes, as the area was a nature reserve & private farmland,

his reply was "well them with the binoculars wander all over".



Please Note:

There is NO acess to any part of the shoreline, there are several maps posted on stiles etc, signposts & interpretive panels to help all visitors enjoy their visits.