Titchfield Haven

A long weekend in the build up to the Barn Owl study day in Devon started on Saturday at Titchfield Haven in Hampshire. The possibility of seeing the Roseate Tern quickly subsided as the birds decided to position themselves on Brownsea Island for the afternoon.

The reserve was alive with birds, the raucous sounds of Black-headed Gull with plenty of juvenile birds dominated the soundscape.

A few Mediterranean Gull were also present, six males on the shoreline just off Hill Head early doors, and a couple of juveniles on the reserve itself. This one took an instant disliking to a Godwit.

Black-tailed Godwit and Avocet were the only waders into double figures, the latter being particularly aggressive with a few youngsters scampering along the fringes.