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In this weeks Springwatch Update. The Breck is ringing with sound of Skylarks

Monday, 22nd June 2009

Wildlife expert Mike Powles reports on what's happening with the Springwatch characters in this weeks update form the reserve.

The Breck is again absolutely ringing to the sound of skylarks singing, most pairs first broods have fledged are independent of their parents. I checked the area and found several new nests containing eggs.

The reed warblers all fledged, the young are making the most of the abundant food in the reed beds at the scrape. Adult birds are busy building second nests in preparation for their final broods before setting off to warmer climes in the autumn.

The young linnets are very big now and are likely to fledge in the next few days.

There is a pair of goldfinches building a nest in the Pensthorpe car park; they may well be the adult birds that featured in the programme just a few weeks ago.

A pair of little ringed plovers on the Scrape are looking as though they may try to breed again - fingers crossed.

I looked into the kestrel nest with a mirror on a stick and the chicks have grown by an enormous amount. Although they appear larger than the adult male they will be in the nest for some time yet.

This year the weather is much kinder to young wildlife, Pensthorpe is alive with young ducklings, mixed tit party's consisting of 30 birds or more. Both the bird hides at Wader Scrape and the Woodland Hide are witness to a constant procession of different wildlife, birds, insects and for the quiet visitor deer and their young.

Image copyright Mike Powles