Weather: cool, cloudy, some sunshine, slight breeze. From 10am.
A visit with the nephews to a local farm, I had hoped to see little owl, which is often present, & flocks of pink-feet at close quarters as I assumed that the hide looked out onto agricultural fields but I was wrong. The hide actually looks out onto a small pond & creek with some pasture which is bordered on both sides by woodlands.
On the short walk to the hide, amongst the trees: Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Robin.
On the various bits of water or on the pasture: Mallard, Teal, Coot, Moorhen, Jackdaw, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Fieldfare, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Greylag Goose, Gadwall, Pink-Footed Goose were over the more distant fields, Lapwing, Common Gull, Little Grebe, Red-Legged Partridge, a Buzzard flapped over the trees, Black-Headed Gull, Egyptian Goose (2), Lapwing, Great Tit.
On the way back home we passed fields packed with hundreds of Pink-Footed Goose & also saw a Sparrowhawk hunting along the hedgerow.
26 species.
No comments:
Post a Comment