Red-breasted Goose at South Woodham Ferrers .

A short trip of around 40 miles gets the 3 of us a good year tick at South Woodham Ferrers.

The target was a Red-breasted Goose, we had missed the bird when we were at Wallasea Island some days ago.

Once parked up it is only a short walk of about 400 yards along the bank of the River Crouch.

We meet up with a small group of birders who were all looking over a field that had hundreds of Brent Geese. they were only 60 yards away and looked well settled.

The Red-breasted was found easy as it was at the front of the group.

This is the third Red-breasted that we have seen now but we spend a couple of hours watching the bird and scanning the flock to find  2 Black Brant among them.

While here I pick up a couple of year ticks when I see a Rock Pipit on the banks of the River Crouch and watch a Sparrow Hawk as it flew along the field on the way to see the Goose.

                                                

Red-breasted Goose

Black Brant