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Author:  Mandy West [ Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Far Ings 7/12/07

Nice couple of hours there today, only spoiled by the damn wind!



3 Sparrowhawk
1 Bittern
6 Curlew over
1 Willow Tit
Lots Teal, Mallard, Coot
4 Tufted Duck
2 GC Grebe
c12 Bullfinch



and one very inquisitive Stoat :D (pic in album)
and lots of Grey Squirrel

Mandy

Author:  Freddy Johnson [ Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Far Ings LWT Reserve - 13 12 07

1.00-2.00pm Bright but chilly after early frost; no wind
Main Ness Hide:
Bittern - flew across the N side of Ness Lake
plus incl. :
Gadwall
Teal
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Pochard
Great-crested Grebe
Little Grebe
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Bird table incl.:
Tree Sparrow
Goldfinch
Greenfinch


NB - No sign of the recently reported drake Smew (incl. Ness Lake,
Visitor Centre Lake and Hotel Lake).

Regards,

Freddy

Author:  Russell Hayes [ Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Smew

Drake Smew still present on Hotel Lake 13:30pm as seen from the hide.

Author:  Freddy Johnson [ Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:15 pm ]
Post subject: 

Russell,
..........and to think I was talking to the Far Ings Visitor Centre staff at 1.00pm today and they "had not seen the drake Smew for a day or two".
I must have been watching the Bittern from Ness Hide when the drake Smew was seen on Hotel Lake.

Regards,

Freddy

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