RSPB Pulborough Brooks (2 Viewers)

[Original PaulE]

Early morning walk around Pulborough Brooks this morning, Nightingales, Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, Blackcaps, Sedge Warblers, Common Whitethroats and plenty of Wrens making a fine musical accompaniment to trip around the Brooks. Waders on show included Wood Sandpipers, Ruff, Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwits along with the local Redshanks, Lapwings and Avocets. Possibly the star of the show was the Green-winged Teal which put on a nice display from Nettley's hide .Even saw a Great Diving Beetle in one of the Ponds! Left before the crowds built up in the heat! More pics on the Blog

Nice morning at Pulborough Brooks

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[Farnboro John]

Great Diving Beetle pah! We saw two Water Stick Insects, tick of something I'd never even heard of! Nightingales were stunning today.

John

 

[Original PaulE]

Great Diving Beetle pah! We saw two Water Stick Insects, tick of something I'd never even heard of! Nightingales were stunning today.

John

Were they the thin ones about an inch long with a white bit at the back end?

 

[Farnboro John]

Were they the thin ones about an inch long with a white bit at the back end?

They're bigger than that, maybe two or three inches long (stick insect size!) with a long straight prong out the back - I've got pictures but haven't processed them yet, I'll put one up later today.

Cheers

John

PS: I don't really think "Pah" about Great Diving Beetles - they are smart!

 

[Original PaulE]

They're bigger than that, maybe two or three inches long (stick insect size!) with a long straight prong out the back - I've got pictures but haven't processed them yet, I'll put one up later today.

Cheers

John

PS: I don't really think "Pah" about Great Diving Beetles - they are smart!

Not one of them then, I've been doing a bit of research but can't find what I saw !!

 

[Farnboro John]

Not one of them then, I've been doing a bit of research but can't find what I saw !!

Could it have been a Water Measurer? Clare wasn't sure when she first found the beasts but a quick google made it clear we were looking at Water Stick Insects.

John

 

[Farnboro John]

Pix of Water Stick Insects as promised. I was surprised to see one sitting on the water surface but when the other came swimming along below it I was knocked out!

John

 

[Original PaulE]

Could it have been a Water Measurer? Clare wasn't sure when she first found the beasts but a quick google made it clear we were looking at Water Stick Insects.

John

No, was an underwater beast, thin, about an inch long, black colour with a light blob near the back end. Moved slowly, difficult to tell but seen to propel itself from little fins on the side!! Can't find a pic that matches it as yet, was wondering maybe some sort of caddis fly larvae or something!

 

[Original PaulE]

Pix of Water Stick Insects as promised. I was surprised to see one sitting on the water surface but when the other came swimming along below it I was knocked out!

John

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They are pretty spectacular, mine definitely wasn't one of them!!

 

[Frank van Drogen]

Nice blog — I hope your wife is fine!!

 

[Original PaulE]

Nice blog — I hope your wife is fine!!

Significant other!! She is on the mend for sure!!