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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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