Being only 40 minutes from home we head to Wallasea Island & arrive at first light, a Rough-legged Buzzard has been reported & we hope to find it. On getting out of the car we find that it is a bit colder than we thought & the top coats soon go on.
A number of Kestrels are seen hovering & it's not long before we see a nice male marsh Harrier that had a really nice white tail a stunning bird to see, it is later joined by two more one female & a juvenile to give us a good flight show.
As it gets lighter two Female Hen Harriers appear for our entertainment. we always get a buzz out of of watching Hen Harriers.Two Peregrines are seen hunting over the the bank & head towards us then head over the estuary.
A local birder turns up & tells us he thinks that the reported Rough legged Buzzard is a bit of a red herring in he's opinion & we never get to see it while here.
A load of Brent Geese fly over & there are Corn Bunting & Skylark all over the place, we also pick out a few Stonechat.
We are told that Short-eared Owls went to roost the night before, so we wait in the hope that they might show, but after four hours we have to give up to head home as we only have a little time today.
Brian got a couple of photos of the Harriers but I never took my camera out of the bag.
Not to much about & we don't get any year ticks but a really nice few hours spent here with the added bonus of not moving more than a few feet from the car.
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