Bowling Green Marsh (yesterday late post 31-5-2015)
A late Osprey was seen from the viewing platform flying up river towards the goatwalk at 19:20hrs before heading back down and fishing off Powderham where it caught a fish. It was labouring with it's catch flying just above the water towards Turf pursued by gulls. Also a Great Crested Grebe was diving in front the platform. Some digiscoped footage videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFCRbyiF26c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Xd-y_Iqds
From the hide earlier the 2 foxes were seen play fighting beyond the right-hand pool from the hide with the adult dog fox watching from the railway bank hedgerow. They appear to be last years male & female cubs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r9DGWcrECM
Some photos of 3 fs-Mediterranean Gulls in the hide on the high-tide show 2 being similar in moult state the other med gull was hiding behind vegetation out of site.
Posted June 1st, 2015 at 8:54 am by David Boult in Bird News