Monday 13th October
This morning starting calm but overcast and a bit misty though brightening up later.
The Meadow had a wonderfully autumnal feel this morning and there were plenty of birds to look at too: the 30+ BLACK-TAILED GODWITS still in residence and widely dispersed over the floods. A flock of 350+ GOLDEN PLOVER was murmuring away on the west shore. The 5 or 6 RUFF were still present and there were at least 70 SNIPE this morning. A charm of at least 10 goldfinches flew in and fed in the hedge for a time. A few meadow pipits about the place. A good number of black-headed and lesser black-backed gulls along the north channel.
Late afternoon update: a STONECHAT in Burgess Field NR and even more golden plover around on the Meadow.
One of the ruff © Steve Burch
The Meadow had a wonderfully autumnal feel this morning and there were plenty of birds to look at too: the 30+ BLACK-TAILED GODWITS still in residence and widely dispersed over the floods. A flock of 350+ GOLDEN PLOVER was murmuring away on the west shore. The 5 or 6 RUFF were still present and there were at least 70 SNIPE this morning. A charm of at least 10 goldfinches flew in and fed in the hedge for a time. A few meadow pipits about the place. A good number of black-headed and lesser black-backed gulls along the north channel.
Late afternoon update: a STONECHAT in Burgess Field NR and even more golden plover around on the Meadow.
One of the ruff © Steve Burch