John and I were both out early today and what started off as a fairly standard morning turned into to something special. I arrived just as it was getting light and c.20 Tufted Ducks that had roosted on the reservoir flew off north (probably to the Borrow Pit pool), there was also three Wigeon with the Mallards before they departed and an adult Yellow-legged Gull.
We spotted a 1st winter Black-headed Gull that had a white darvic ring with the code EMK1. It appears to have been ringed in the Netherlands and I have sent off details to the ringer.
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| Photos courtesy and copyright of JFT |
As we were stood chatting a Hawfinch flew from over the wood, called pretty much right over our heads and carried on south. It was low and we thought it may have landed in the large willows by the river but we couldn't see it anywhere. As we were scanning the tree tops looking for it a Brambling and at least one Redpoll also flew over. There was very little else moving with only two Redwings and several Skylarks really, so it was definitely quality over quantity.
As we were stood chatting again, two egrets flew over north - which turned out to be a Little Egret and a Cattle Egret! This was a much anticipated first record for the site and luckily John managed to rattle off a few record shots before we lost sight of it.
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