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| Author: | Katherine Birkett [ Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RSPB Freiston Shore - 28/09/08 |
TIME: 14:30 - 17:00 WEATHER: Cool, cloudy. Thinner cloud and few sunny spells later on EQUIPMENT: Scope and binoculars. SPECIES SEEN: No........... change that................... SPECIES NOT SEEN: Red-breasted Flycatcher elusive despite me doggedly trudging round the reserve for what felt like decades. Wood Sandpiper reported but dipped out on that one as well. RSPB stand was open, and board outside reported Redwing and Redstart. Both needed for list but saw neither. So........................ back to SPECIES SEEN: Kestrel - 1 hunting over Salt marsh Little Grebe - 9 Great Crested Grebe - 2 on Wash Little Egret - 7 in various places Mute Swan - 3 Canada Goose - 50 Brent Goose - first couple of skeins out on the Wash Greylag Goose - few mixed in with Canadas Odd Greylag/White-front hybrid with Canadas Shelduck - 3 Mallard - usuals Black-headed Gull - usual Greater black-backed Gull - 7 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 sitting on top of Aldis and 4 on Wash mudflats Herring Gull - 10 Curlew - few feeding on Wash mudflats, 2 heard calling from salt marsh Redshank - 20 or so dotted around lagoon, mud and reservoir Oystercatcher - 30 on Wash mudflats Sanderling - some on mudflats Black-tailed Godwit - 1 on lagoon, 5 out on Wash mudflats Ruff - 1 female on reservoir Dunlin - 1 on lagoon Couple of Sandpiper-ish birds on reservoir, couldn't make my mind up as to species Goldcrests - 30 in trees near car park and at start of Wetland walk. My first sighting in 20 months. Goldfinch - massive flock of about 100 Pied Wagtail - 7 Blue Tit - 2 Great Tit - 5 Tree Sparrow - flock on feeders, perhaps 30 or so House Sparrow - 15 mixed in with Tree Sparrows Skylark - 2 Possible Meadow Pipits at few locations Starling - 2 big flocks Blackbird - 1 Usual feral pigeons on lagoon Usual Woodpigeons and Collared Doves close to feeders Pheasants in the fields around No Bramblings yet. Pretty good visit, that........ how long, roughly, should I need to do the whole wetland walk, including time for Scope Stops? How many minutes' walk is it to the pool by North Sea Camp? |
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