It’s been pure magic today at the pond arriving just after 8am and taking nearly five hours just to get to the visitors centre from toft shallows (just over a mile) because there was so much on offer. This included 2hrs on farborough spit enjoying a small passage of migrants as the clear skies slowly clouded over again with a light northerly wind.
Lesser Scaup: eclipse male was pushed around all morning by boat fishermen so much that it could not be found in the afternoon. Hopefully it went somewhere quiet and will return to toft overnight.
Red-breasted Merganser: Bob Hazell found an immature off dunns bay and I managed distant views before it became flighty and I could not find it in the afternoon.
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Red-breasted Merganser by Bob Hazell
Black-necked Grebe: Bob again found one some way out off draycote bank and later it was heard calling as it drifted out towards the centre. Still present mid-afternoon.
Grey Plover: one flew over farborough spit at 10:55am and presumably the same went over draycote bank at 12:20pm.
Snow Bunting: one flew west over farborough spit behind a party of Skylark at 10:10am.
Pink-footed Goose: seen from the country park five flew down the Grandborough valley and appeared to land near Lower Shuckburgh. Good candidates for being wild birds more than the plastics that turn up in a Canada flock.
Rock Pipit: 2 were on farnborough or toft bank.
Peregrine: one hunting corvids near the country park
Siskin: 3 over farborough spit
Lesser Redpoll: 3 over farborough spit
Skylark: 86 flew over farborough spit heading west in small groups.
Also seen were:-
26 Swallow, 6 House Martin, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 14 Buzzard, Ringed Plover, 17 Wigeon, Pochard, 3 Raven, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 4 Bullfinch and 2 Snipe.
Many thanks to Bob, Max, Francoise and Dave for a fun day and Dave kindly sent me some great shots of the Yellow-legged gull.
Yellow-legged gull by Dave Hutton
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