Today - hmmmmm....... not exactly a productive birding day!
Got up at a decent time, but wasted time messing about getting snowgoose pics off camera, choosing best of a bad lot, sorting, emailing etc, then HAD to go into town - no choice even though I really just wanted to go birding, baby sisters' 40th birthday card and pressie to buy, bills to pay, bla bla bla!
Was originally going to walk Blakeney Point but because time just ran away, plan B was Wells and Stiffkey. Pouring with rain ALL day.
Arrived Wells 2pm - took a risk and didn't pay to park (naughty me
)
Not much at all really - walked all through the Dell area up and round paths pishing and squeaking to no avail! Walked to the pond which the last time I went to was dried out, but today it had lots of water in all ready for a RFB for someone lucky this week! Back onto main path had a long tailed tit flock and lots of goldcrests but no firecrests etc with them. Also had a great spotted woodpecker and a treecreeper. Walking back past the brown plastic seat, I veered off to the brambles and maze of paths to my right and spent a good half an hour here - there were
TONS of blackbirds and a few mistle thrushes -
in fact I have never seen so many blackbirds per square metre!!!!! Absolutely drenched, even though I had waterproofs on, walked back to car and moved on.
Stiffkey Campsite - west.
Walked up to the Whirlygig and back.
Again tons of blackbirds and a
massive linnet flock zipping about as it got dusk. Also lots of long tailed tits and chaffinches. Drove home in torrential rain and flooded roads.
No year ticks today!!! Back to work tomorrow - roll on the weekend!:t:
Best Wishes Penny:girl:
Snowgoose pictures on my previous post 7494 added today or see BF Photo Gallery, Surfbirds, cleybirds.com, Birdguides or RBA!