Did not start early today as weather was horrible, no sun, no inspiration, finally dragged myself out of house at a disgraceful 1pm!!!!!!!
Arrived Abbey Farm at Flitcham 1.15pm. Birds seen: 150 black headed gulls on the scrape!!!, lapwings, 1 song thrush, blackbirds including one with white feathers with a beak full of worms, lots of fluffy babies about too, mute swan, egyptian geese + young, coots and moorhens with young, chaffinchs, jackdaws, tufted ducks, greylags with young, goldfinches, canada geese, oystercatchers, jay, shelducks, red legged partridge on back fields along with brief view of marsh harrier, greenfinch, great and blue tit. Still not seen the little owl!!!
Arrived Choosley Barns at 3.15pm. Yellow hammers, chaffinches, 1 pied wagtail, 1
turtle dove sitting on wire, 1 reed bunting, whitethroat in hedge along with garden warbler singing. Walked along track but saw nothing, was hoping for a shrike or something PLLLLLEEEEASSSSEEEE!!!!!!!
Arrived Titchwell 4pm. Sat at tables and had a vege pasty and carrot and walnut cake with cream, yum yum!!! (note diet continuing!!!). Sun at long last decided to appear!!!!!
Whinchat just in fields to left of main path (there were 3 altogether!), swallows, house martins and swifts, blackcap (male), reed warbler, 1 snipe in middle of scrape, shoveler (lots), avocets,
curlew sandpiper from Parrinder Hide along with
2 common sandpipers, little egret, sedge warbler singing, 2 redshanks, pied wagtails, a linnet decided to bathe at water's edge, 22 turnstone flew in!, 1 heron, 1 spotted redshank, 3 black tailed godwit, 1 ruff. There were some little gulls somewhere on the reserve, but I couldn't see them! Anyway, back onto main path approx 50 grey plover in their stunning summer plumage and at sea at least 500+ common scooter. 1 carrion crow. Another BF tick!!!!!! - met 'Majorwildlife' along the bank. We walked around the Fen path and saw/heard cetti's warbler, 1 chiffchaff,
cuckoo,
turtles doves calling and some long tailed tits. Back to carpark and then on to parents for chitchat and home again!! Work tomorrow but not in the afternoon
, so hopefully the sun and birds will be out tomorrow for me and everyone else.
Best Wishes Penny:girl: