Tuesday 1st April: Extra Shelduck + Swallows arrive
Bright and clear but with a bit of a westerly wind.
An extra pair of shelduck were on the floods this morning, bringing the total to 4. There were only 2 ruff and 3 redshank present, again at the north end of the floods.
On Burgess Field NR, a reed bunting and the green woodpecker. A singing willow warbler now in the centre of the NR near the snipe pools.
In the evening 7 swallows + the barn own in Burgess Field again (OXB). Great photos of the barn owl were also posted on OXB.
A ruff on the Meadow © Steve Walton
An extra pair of shelduck were on the floods this morning, bringing the total to 4. There were only 2 ruff and 3 redshank present, again at the north end of the floods.
On Burgess Field NR, a reed bunting and the green woodpecker. A singing willow warbler now in the centre of the NR near the snipe pools.
In the evening 7 swallows + the barn own in Burgess Field again (OXB). Great photos of the barn owl were also posted on OXB.
A ruff on the Meadow © Steve Walton