Wednesday 5 March 2008

March 5th 2008

JJ came round early to see me Bramblings and had to wait 5 seconds before one turned up, eventualy three present and male Bullfinch. Popped over to Draycote with him and a walk to toft bay with Bob Hazel but no sign of Lesser Scaup - has it gone?. Pochard 16, Goldeneye 19, Goosander 6, Meadow Pipits feeding on farnborough bank and a displaying Sparrowhawk.
Second visit with JJ to do roost. Started off looking from windsurfing area before joining Bob Duckhouse in rainbow corner who had found 2 juv Glaucous Gulls. Could only find one, a pale first winter then later on I managed to find a third winter Iceland Gull which means thats five we have had this winter while JJ found a third winter Yellow-legged Gull. Earlier I had a Med Gull second winter and 14 Goosander counted off draycote bank. STOP PRESS Lesser Scaup has been relocated at Brandon Marsh this afternoon.

Richard

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