1:15pm. Weather: cloudy but bright, cool & breezy.
A wedding in the area meant I could sneak a first visit to this RSPB reserve, & as a bonus Bicester outlets are nearby allowing compromise on the day's activities.
Blue Tit, Meadow Pipit (x2).
Robin - first of a few in the copious low shrubs.
Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Great Tit, Crow.
Cetti's Warbler - heard.
Red Kite - drifted overhead.
Mute Swan, Grey Heron - three on the wing, squabbling noisily.
First Screen:
A small but busy pool with ducks & a few waders at close quarters.
Mallard, Black-Tailed Godwit, Teal, Black-Headed Gull, Snipe, Reed Bunting, Shoveler, Cormorant, Tufted Duck, Wren.
Second Screen:
A larger pool but with less on it.
Water Rail - heard squealing from the reedbeds.
Coot, Gadwall.
Green Sandpiper - inconspicously standing on the mud with its head under its wing.
Moorhen, Kestrel.
28 species.
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