We started out on the 26th with a visit to Rutland Water. Our first stop was the Egleton Visitor Centre where we did a straight march to Lagoon 4 first visiting the Sandpiper Hide and then the Plover Hide. At Lagoon 4 we got Avocet, Ringed Plover and Bar-tailed Godwit etc. From there we worked our way back via the other hides that overlook Lagoons 3 and 2. On our way back we stood for quite a while listening to a Nightingale sing but we could not manage to get sight of it. Other warblers seen and / or heard were Sedge and Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat and Cetti’s Warbler. From the hides we got Sand Martin, House Martin and Hobby as well as a variety of the usual ducks.
Then we went on to the Lyndon visitor centre where our only real target was Osprey. We took the long walk to tone of the two hides there where you can see he Osprey nest. There was already one bird on the nest but it didn’t take long before the other bird circled around and we got excellent views of both birds.
Between the two centres we got 52 species and 9 year ticks.
Year Ticks
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Common Tern
- Hobby
- House Martin
- Nightingale (heard)
- Osprey
- Reed Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Whitethroat
Rutland Water Site Map
Bird Sightings Rutland Water Egleton Centre 26th April 2019
| Greylag Goose | 20 |
| Canada Goose | 20 |
| Mute Swan | 4 |
| Egyptian Goose | 2 |
| Common Shelduck | 6 |
| Gadwall | 20 |
| Mallard | 14 |
| Northern Shoveler | 8 |
| Common Teal | 2 |
| Common Pochard | 6 |
| Tufted Duck | 10 |
| Common Pheasant | 1 |
| Little Grebe | 1 |
| Great Crested Grebe | 24 |
| Great Cormorant | 6 |
| Grey Heron | 1 |
| Little Egret | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Common Coot | 10 |
| Pied Avocet | 8 |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | 2 |
| Northern Lapwing | 8 |
| Common Ringed Plover | 3 |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 1 |
| Common Tern | 25 |
| Common Wood Pigeon | 10 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 |
| Eurasian Hobby | 2 |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | 10 |
| Rook | 20 |
| Carrion Crow | 6 |
| Sky Lark | 2 |
| Sand Martin | 40 |
| Common House Martin | 5 |
| Great Tit | 5 |
| Eurasian Blue Tit | 3 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 2 |
| Cetti’s Warbler | 2 |
| Willow Warbler | 2 |
| Common Chiffchaff | 6 |
| Sedge Warbler | 1 |
| Eurasian Reed Warbler | 5 |
| Common Whitethroat | 1 |
| European Robin | 4 |
| Common Nightingale | 1 |
| Eurasian Blackbird | 2 |
| Reed Bunting | 4 |
| Common Chaffinch | 2 |
| European Greenfinch | 1 |
| European Goldfinch | 6 |
| House Sparrow | 6 |
Bird Sightings Rutland Water Lyndon Centre 26th April 2019
| Osprey | 2 |
We stayed at the Brook Whipper-Inn Hotel at Oakham which turned out to be quite good. We stayed in the Piedmont room which was satisfactory and cost £95. They have lots of different shaped and sized rooms so I phoned them up to discuss and this turned out to be the biggest room they had available.