This small man-made wetland in Sale was once a tip, but is now a haven for waterbirds. For some time it has been holding a very large number of White and Straw-necked Ibis, but on a recent visit they had thinned out, having flown out to feed in farming country. Their place had been taken to a certain extent by Cattle Egrets, roosting in the trees on the island as well as paddling in the shallow water. The bills of quite a few are still showing a little remaining breeding colour.

Normally having a yellow bill, according to Morcombe ten percent fledge with a grey bill.

A number of Lapwings were having a conference, the stilt was not interested.

And an Ibis was thinking about its next move from a lofty vantage point.

With heavy rain forecast it seemed like a good idea to clean out the spouts and downpipes, and not for the first time a Peron’s Tree Frog was unceremoniously  evicted to exit the downpipe on to the ground below. It didn’t take long though before it was scaling the pipe to get back to its lofty home.