Had my first visit to Cowpen Bewley on Saturday. Allthough it was cold and quite breezy manged to see some great birds and also some firsts for me: tufted duck, pochard & goosander.
Failed to see the ring-necked duck due to a combination of bad bins and cold shaking hands I think!
Still had a good couple of hours though, it is a very nice place.
A couple of questions:
I thought there was a hide there, have I been mistaken?
How do birders tackle a place like this, do you have a set route which you follow and wait in different places? With all the little paths and tracks I was unsure which way to go.
Is there only the one feeding station? I saw the one near the car park next to the sunken car tyre sculpture.
Matt
Failed to see the ring-necked duck due to a combination of bad bins and cold shaking hands I think!
Still had a good couple of hours though, it is a very nice place.
A couple of questions:
I thought there was a hide there, have I been mistaken?
How do birders tackle a place like this, do you have a set route which you follow and wait in different places? With all the little paths and tracks I was unsure which way to go.
Is there only the one feeding station? I saw the one near the car park next to the sunken car tyre sculpture.
Matt