There had been a report of a
Glossy Ibis yesterday and Malcolm called me early today to say that it was
still present. With some free time
before I had to pick the grandchildren up from school I decided to go and try
and see it.
I parked the car on Syston
Road and then walked along the entrance road towards Upper Marsh where the bird
was being seen. I didn’t see a great
deal walking along the path but when I reached the marsh found Malcolm and the
bird still present. The Glossy Ibis was
feeding along the edge at the back of the pool but soon disappeared out of
sight and didn't reappear during the rest of my stay. There were four Snipe roosting on the edge of
some rushes and I heard a Cetti’s Warbler call but other than a Hornet’s nest
in the base of a tree there wasn’t a lot else.
Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Malcolm and I then walked back
to the road seeing a Buzzard and a male Stonechat, four Snipe in flight and a
flock of circa thirty Redwings flying over.
Malcolm and I then made a
quick visit to Swithland Reservoir where we found six Mandarin Ducks, a single
Pintail and a Water Rail.
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