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Black-Winged Stilt Mere Heath Lagoon

My husband has just called me and asked me to report that he has seen a Black-Winged Stilt at Mere Heath Lagoon. With Black Tailed Godwits and seen at 10:25am

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23-May-15
Thanks to the prompt posting, we were watching this bird by late morning and it was still present when we left at 12:45 hrs, though sometimes out-of-sight below the vegetation along the near bank.

A photo on my website below.

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It was still there at 3.30, but often hidden from view below the near bank and vegetation

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After seeing the Black-winged stilt i noted on the Scrape one of the Black Tailed Godwits had a Geolocater attached to it plus coloured leg rings, feeding with the 60+ Godwits.The information has been sent off to BTO so will be intresting to see if i hear of its travels

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Still present at 2030 this (Fri.) evening

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Saturday between 5.30 and 6.45 am Stilt stll present, together with 2 Marsh Harriers, 4 Great White Egrets,separate individuals, Kingfisher, several Bitterns booming and 2 cuckoos interacting.

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still present 8.15 this morning along with 1 redshank ,23 black tailed godwits ..also a nice dog otter working along the reeds on the left hand side of the scrape..

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Glad the bird stayed and everyone saw it. Lots of other spring "goodies" on view during my visit despite the rain. One worth mentioning was a male Goldeneye which flew across Noah's Lake.

Cropped picture of the Stilt on my flickr page.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/9095732@N05/?details=1

PS My wife apologises for spelling Meare the Wiltshire way "Mere" - hope no one took a wrong turning!

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Still there at 12:35, cracking bird!

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Worth keeping an eye-out for this male Goldeneye and possibly his partner with ducklings, as they have bred in South Bucks this year!!!

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Yes, was showing very nicely all through the morning at the front of Meare Heath. Also between there and the car park, singles of cetti's, sedge and garden warblers, a small flock of bullfinches and a kingfisher, which I saw fly over the car park on 3 different occasions, and a bittern over Meare Heath around 9:30.