Visit To Burton Mere Wetland, Iner Marsh Farm and Parkgate 30th May 2013
On the 30th May we spent the day out at Burton Mere Wetland, Inner Marsh Farm and Parkgate. We started out at the reception hide where we could see a decent number of Avocet. Unfortunately the young had been badly predated by Carrion Crows so there were fewer than might be expected. We did see a couple paddling around though. As we were scanning the site we saw a Crow fly past the hide with a chick in its bill but this was probably a Lapwing chick. Anyway we watched the somewhat grizzly fate of this chick as the Crow landed in the field over to the left of the lagoon and proceeded to devour it bit by bit ! A little bit of drama common when many species of birds have to find food for themselves and their young. Continue reading