I started off at Swithland
Reservoir today and soon found the six Scaup on the northern section of the
reservoir. A Peregrine was observed both
in flight and perched in the usual tree and a Raven was also perched in a
tree. There were far fewer birds on the
southern section and nothing of note.
At Swithland Wood I met Roger
and found a single Tawny Owl roosting in the holly tree. We also found a good selection of commoner
species including a single Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Nuthatches and a
Treecreeper. Two Siskin were also found close to the stream and main path.
Roger was only out for part of
the day and I decided to go to Eldernell in Cambridgeshire. I arrived at the car park around 13:00 and
found that there was still plenty of flood water. There were close to 300 Whooper Swans, mainly
towards March Farms and numerous Wigeon.
There were smaller numbers of Teal, Mallard, Pintail and Shoveler and
there also several Pochard and Tufted Duck.
A female Marsh Harrier was observed just after I arrived and I observed
another female and a male during my stay.
I walked west to just beyond
Lord’s Holt and found two Cranes on the opposite bund. There were also several Buzzards and a couple
of Red Kites plus plenty more wildfowl.
On getting back towards the Eldernell car park a Barn Owl was observed,
which I saw on another three occasions before the intermittent rain started. Three Cranes were observed flying southeast
over the washes and a few minutes later five were observed flying back
northwest. The rain started to get more persistent
and I decided to call it a day a little earlier than I intended.
Cranes
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