Today I arranged to meet
Dave Broome at Penny to collect some unwanted Birdwatching magazines from him that were otherwise destined for recycling. It was a beautifully crsip and sunny morning but being below freezing I was not hopeful that I'd see much as much of the water would be frozen. I did have another aim and that was to try to see some
Siskin which have been reported there this week.
On arriving at 9:30am I had a quick look in
Horrocks Hide before returning to the car park to meet Dave and collect a big box of magazines. From the hide I could see that the
Lapwing had returned in great numbers, with well over a hundred of them on the ice at the bottom of the Spit. There were also some small groups of
Teal and a single
Shelduck as well as all the usual suspects. A quick look over the main Flash which was only partly frozen revealed some male and female
Goosander, which I've not seen in this location before - I usually see them from
Teal Hide.
This report is still to be completed, but for now here are some of the better pictures I took today at Penny:
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| Song Thrush at Bunting Hide |
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| Song Thrush |
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| Male Chaffinch at Bunting Hide |
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| Stock Dove at Bunting Hide |
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| Meadow Pipit behind Ramsdale's Ruck |
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| A pair of Meadow Pipits |
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| Meadow Pipit on fence |
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| Not a great picture, but is it also a Meadow Pipit ? |
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| Kestrel near Ramsdale's Hide |
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| Kestrel |
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| Kestrel |
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| Part of a Skein of Pink-footed Geese |
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| Mute Swans landing on the main Flash |
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| Mallard Splash 1 |
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| Mallard Splash 2 |
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| Male Teal on main Flash |
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| Female Teal on main Flash |
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| Teal and Mallard from Horrocks Hide |
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| Teal Cuddle |
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| Teal head on |
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| Teal close up |
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| I call this one 'Rock and Teal' |
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| A poor picture of a Siskin |
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| Another poor picture of a Siskin |
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| Yet another poor picture of a Siskin |
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| Are my ears frostbitten ? |
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| My daughter thought this was cute - until I told her it was a rat! |
