Today three of us went birding around Wiltshire & Hampshire with the first stop around the Salisbury Plain area where we saw a male & a female MERLIN , 10 CORN BUNTING , 100+ RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE , a movement of over 20+ MISTLE THRUSH , 35 GOLDEN PLOVER & 7 WOODLARK & also seen was a Brown Hare .
We then went to Eyeworth Pond near Fritham in Hampshire for MANDARIN DUCK & we saw 5 males & 2 female also seen were 8 GADWALL , the next stop was at the Blashford Lakes in Hampshire for the GREAT WHITE EGRET that has returned to the lakes again , our last stop of the day was around the Hartland Moor area in Dorset where we saw a stag Red Deer & then we headed home towards Devon & we came across a field with around 30+ Sika Deer in it .