Tuesday 23rd September: Godwit, Ruff & Calvert Ferruginous Duck
This morning overcast but with only a gentle wind.
The floods look to have receded a bit from yesterday. Whether this is actually true or not is debatable but certainly the birds were a lot nearer than they have been of late. The two juvenile BLACK-TAILED GODWITS were still near the junction between the north shore and the west shore. The three RUFF were between Burgess Creek and the north cove. Plenty of lapwings with a few hidden SNIPE but no golden plover. Copious numbers of ducks, some of which are just starting to get their winter plumage though no sign of the pintail this morning. A few MEADOW PIPITS still going over but no warblers in the hedges this morning. a couple of kestrels also flew over.
Off-county news
A rather nice adult drake ferruginous duck turned up at Calvert Jubillee BBOWT reserve in Bucks this lunch-time.
A few digiscoped record shots of the Calvert ferruginous duck © Adam Hartley
The floods look to have receded a bit from yesterday. Whether this is actually true or not is debatable but certainly the birds were a lot nearer than they have been of late. The two juvenile BLACK-TAILED GODWITS were still near the junction between the north shore and the west shore. The three RUFF were between Burgess Creek and the north cove. Plenty of lapwings with a few hidden SNIPE but no golden plover. Copious numbers of ducks, some of which are just starting to get their winter plumage though no sign of the pintail this morning. A few MEADOW PIPITS still going over but no warblers in the hedges this morning. a couple of kestrels also flew over.
Off-county news
A rather nice adult drake ferruginous duck turned up at Calvert Jubillee BBOWT reserve in Bucks this lunch-time.
A few digiscoped record shots of the Calvert ferruginous duck © Adam Hartley