intellectual
Sunday 20th June 2004, 23:54
Hello,
Had an enjoyable day at the above again. Arrived at 08:00 to an empty car park. We made our way to the Duck Hide, on the different lakes we passed there was very little movement. Was this going to be a boring four hours?
Thankfully it was far from boring, we spent three and a half in the Duck hide and decided it was time to stretch our legs.
Not only had we seen a good selection of birds but also watched parachutists falling out of the sky, with their canopies in full flow.
Normally we finish the day off by having half an hour in the Grebe Hide, but today the lake was virtually deserted, except for the Coots and juvs, Mute Swan and juvs not forgetting the Common Tern.
We got back to the car at 12:15.
On arriving home I transferred all the data I'd put onto the dictation machine and found out we had seen 37 bird species, 2 of Damselflies, 2 of Butterfly and 1 of Mammal. Almost forgot also saw 24+ Rabbits nearly all very small ones.
The highlights were seeing four Common Buzzard soaring high over Twigmoor and Manton Woods. Seeing a cygnet riding on one it parents back. A pair of Bullfinch only yards from the hide. Seeing the juvs of seven different species and lastly seeing and being able to identify damsel and butterflies, which for me is a recent addition to include on all future birding trips.
Regards
Had an enjoyable day at the above again. Arrived at 08:00 to an empty car park. We made our way to the Duck Hide, on the different lakes we passed there was very little movement. Was this going to be a boring four hours?
Thankfully it was far from boring, we spent three and a half in the Duck hide and decided it was time to stretch our legs.
Not only had we seen a good selection of birds but also watched parachutists falling out of the sky, with their canopies in full flow.
Normally we finish the day off by having half an hour in the Grebe Hide, but today the lake was virtually deserted, except for the Coots and juvs, Mute Swan and juvs not forgetting the Common Tern.
We got back to the car at 12:15.
On arriving home I transferred all the data I'd put onto the dictation machine and found out we had seen 37 bird species, 2 of Damselflies, 2 of Butterfly and 1 of Mammal. Almost forgot also saw 24+ Rabbits nearly all very small ones.
The highlights were seeing four Common Buzzard soaring high over Twigmoor and Manton Woods. Seeing a cygnet riding on one it parents back. A pair of Bullfinch only yards from the hide. Seeing the juvs of seven different species and lastly seeing and being able to identify damsel and butterflies, which for me is a recent addition to include on all future birding trips.
Regards