We do find the Teal but it took us a few hours to pin it down but a nice looking bird so well worth braving the cold & rain to look for it.
The Ring neck Duck also proved hard to find but that was found at Layer Bretton Causeway just before setting off for home,a Kingfisher gives us another tick.
My first Rook of the year was seen & a real shock when we see a single Swallow flying up & down the edge of the Reservoir frantically seeking food.
Many Goosander are seen along with Red head Smew & a nice male Greater Scaup, & all really good year ticks.
Up by Billets farm our first Stonechat of the year is ticked along with Skylark.
Round to the church we get a real bonus when both the Black-throated Diver & Green wing Teal are seen also a flock of Corn Buntings & a Male & female Merlin show. So despite a gloomy rainy sort of day a nice year tick total.
On Saturday we set out with a plan & set off for the East Anglia heading first to Buckenham Marshes
In Norfolk where we tick the Taiga bean Geese that had not moved away from where we saw them before xmas.
Next stop is Ludham, a large flock of Golden Plover are seen as we arrive followed from a distance
by both Bewick & Whooper Swans.Onto Acle where we find a large number of Common Cranes.
So off to a good start. Eccles-on Sea next for the Desert Wheatear.With the car parked it's a fair walk along the beach before we arrive to join a group who had the bird pinned down on the sea wall.
A real good tick I think we have only seen 3 before today.
After spending some time with the Wheatear it's a long drive to the next site Hollesley for another look at the Siberian Stonechat that we saw before the new year.
Just outside the car park a Peregrine Falcon sits not far away perched in a tree, the place is alive with
Tundra Bean,White Fronted,Pink Footed, Brent,Greylag,just everywhere you looked was Geese.
Once again it's a long walk for these old legs, but the rewards are great when the Siberian Stonechat
is spotted on arrival.
Kittiwake & Common Guillemot also ticked while here.
We finish a very good day of birding at 5 locations when we spot a Short-eared Owl to round the trip off. 116 bird ticks in 3 birding trips feels like a good return for the effort put in .
Up by Billets farm our first Stonechat of the year is ticked along with Skylark.
Round to the church we get a real bonus when both the Black-throated Diver & Green wing Teal are seen also a flock of Corn Buntings & a Male & female Merlin show. So despite a gloomy rainy sort of day a nice year tick total.
On Saturday we set out with a plan & set off for the East Anglia heading first to Buckenham Marshes
In Norfolk where we tick the Taiga bean Geese that had not moved away from where we saw them before xmas.
Next stop is Ludham, a large flock of Golden Plover are seen as we arrive followed from a distance
by both Bewick & Whooper Swans.Onto Acle where we find a large number of Common Cranes.
So off to a good start. Eccles-on Sea next for the Desert Wheatear.With the car parked it's a fair walk along the beach before we arrive to join a group who had the bird pinned down on the sea wall.
A real good tick I think we have only seen 3 before today.
After spending some time with the Wheatear it's a long drive to the next site Hollesley for another look at the Siberian Stonechat that we saw before the new year.
Just outside the car park a Peregrine Falcon sits not far away perched in a tree, the place is alive with
Tundra Bean,White Fronted,Pink Footed, Brent,Greylag,just everywhere you looked was Geese.
Once again it's a long walk for these old legs, but the rewards are great when the Siberian Stonechat
is spotted on arrival.
Kittiwake & Common Guillemot also ticked while here.
We finish a very good day of birding at 5 locations when we spot a Short-eared Owl to round the trip off. 116 bird ticks in 3 birding trips feels like a good return for the effort put in .
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| The Siberian Stonechat |
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| again |
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| The Desert Wheatear |
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| Again |
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| Whooper & Bewicks Swans at Ludham |
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