I returned to the Lyndon
Reserve with Roger in the hope of further views of yesterday’s Ring-necked
Duck. As we walked towards Tufted Duck
hide t was clear that there were far fewer birds than yesterday and there was
no sign of the duck, although we did see a single female Scaup. We went into Tufted Duck hide as it began
raining and it was some time before it stopped and we were able to walk back to
the centre. When we got back there were
clearly more birds but we still couldn’t find the Ring-necked amongst the
numerous Tufted Duck. We did find a male
and female Red-crested Pochard and a Black-necked Grebe and two Kingfishers
flew by as we tried to shelter out of the rain.
We eventually decided to go
the Egleton Reserve and after a short while in the centre, seeing several
Pintail and circa twenty Snipe, whilst it was raining we walked to snipe hide
on the wet meadow. There was little on
the wet meadow and there was no sign of yesterday’s male Stonechat. The 360°hide
on lagoon five failed to produce anything of note and we went to the car park
for lunch.
When we arrived in dunlin hide, John
Wright was already in position and we spent a very enjoyable hour or so getting
a master class from John on Caspian and Yellow-legged Gulls. We saw three adult, three second-winter and a
third-winter Caspian Gulls and at least twelve different Yellow-legged Gulls of
various ages and John provided some valuable information on key identification
points for all of them. I only hope I
remember at least some of the detail he provided but only time will tell.
We had to leave just after
16:00 only to find out later that the Azorean Yellow-legged Gull.
Great Crested Grebe from lapwing hide
Little Egret on lagoon three
Little Egret on lagoon three
Little Egret on lagoon three
Drake Teal on lagoon three
Redshank on lagoon three
Green Sandpiper on lagoon three
Green Sandpiper on lagoon three
Adult winter Black-headed Gull on lagoon three
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