Today, 8th March around midday
So lucky, so much activity, seemingly increased by regular visits by tractors/contraptions. So much to see out there!!
Frog pond:
Counted 70 Godwits, black tailed,we got to see them fly over, then in and around pond (also seen yesterday)
2 bean geese? Got a good look and they had orangey legs and on beak. Dark beak base Dark brown head and neck. Severe looking dark eyes and around eyes. Short necks.
3 greylag geese
36 Canada geese
12 mute swans (1 juv)
1 oystercatcher (+1 field opposite)
Fields opposite frog pond:
Godwits abovementioned had been feeding here before they flew over the path
2-3 hundred starlings feeding
300+ black headed gulls feeding
Dozens of crows feeding
Few lapwing feeding
Wildfowlers pools:
1 snipe (hiding in grass mid nxt field)
1 great white egret
1 heron
13 wigeon
11 mallard
Freemans pond:
4m 3f tufted duck
1m 1f Goldeneye
1 little grebe
Few dozen black headed gulls
1 coot
1 moorhen