Sunday 15 April 2018

Ring Ouzel at Walthamstow Wetlands

Friday morning nothing going on when a Ring Ouzel is found again at the Walthamstow wetlands so Jimmy & I are soon on the way, it's only 15 minutes from home so we are soon walking up to the bushes 20 yards or so before the bend where we saw the Little Bunting.
We only have to wait a short time before the Ouzel flies down off the bushes from behind us & lands on the grass right in front of us.
We get to spend a good hour watching the bird just walking about not troubled by us being there, it helped with only one other fellow watching with us.
A walk around the wetlands we get to see a few Brambling plus ten or so White Wagtails but never saw a single Yellow Wag. We needed that for a year tick.
A few Egyptian Geese walk about on the paths as we walk around but no other year ticks are seen.
The wetlands have had a few good birds over the last few weeks with the long staying Little Bunting, Bluethroat plus a Hoopoe for a day & now the Ouzel, Looking forward to coming back here.
On the way home we pop into the KGV Reservoir & see our first Swallow of the year & then we find 6 or so Arctic Terns for another tick.
A single Little Gull flies towards us but it's not needed for a tick but still nice to see.


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