After thirty-odd years of working my local patch I have only ever had the odd brief, fly through Grey Plover and all of those sightings have come from the Staffordshire side of the complex. I was therefore thrilled to bits to hear one call this morning whilst scanning Mill Pool and even more excited when the bird, a magnificent summer-plumaged individual dropped down to feed on the tiny exposed spit. After initially becoming the victim of a bit of Lapwing bullying the bird managed to hold its own and settle down for the day.
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| Grey Plover - Mill Pool, Alvecote Pools SSSI, Warwickshire Photo by Adam Archer |
After spending most of the day feeding on and off around the sandy spit on Mill Pool the bird eventually got pushed off by a group of Black-headed Gulls early this evening. It then fed around the grassy margins of the same pool until I left the site at around 8.30pm. It was great to enjoy the bird to the maximum whilst being drenched in the warm, spring sunshine.
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| Grey Plover - Mill Pool, Alvecote Pools SSSI, Warwickshire Photo by Adam Archer |
The only disappointment of the day was missing an Osprey pass through whilst I was having my lunch at about 2.30pm. Other highlights however included another batch of Lapwing chicks around Teal Pool and a Ringed Plover and a single Common Sandpiper again around Mill Pool.
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| Lapwing - Teal Pool, Alvecote Pools SSSI, Warwickshire Photo by Adam Archer |
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| Ringed Plover - Mill Pool, Alvecote Pools, Warwickshire Photo by Adam Archer |
2.30 is more 'high tea' than lunch. Get your comestible terminology correct in future please... The Grey Plover is a reight cracker and deserves its place in anybodies top 20 sexy birds list.
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