So not being able to visit yesterday we head over there today in the hope that it has hung about.
After parking up it's a long walk down to Holyfield Lake, as we walk we are joined by Paul W who we meet at the Dowitcher yesterday & as locals we show him where to head.
Once we arrive we meet up with Brian who already had the Fudge Duck for us so an easy tick but it took a long time of waiting for it to show well for photos. A pair of Goosander along with a nice Red-crested Pochard shows.
Nice to see Keith after such a long time of not seeing him & a good trickle of birders had gathered to see a cracking looking bird.
On Saturday all 3 of us headed to Santon Warren for the Great-grey Shrike.
Parking in the car park just by the rail crossing gates we head down to the under pass but find we have to walk a bit further down the track before we find the Shrike sitting up but distant.
We get great scope views of a nice bird before we set off to look for a Woodlark or two. No luck with that, but a few Brambling seen.
It was a grey old day & the snow was never far away.
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| The Shrike |
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| Jimmy & Brian walking back from seeing the Shrike |
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| The Fudge Duck |
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| Again |
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| Red-crested Pochard |
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