A cloudy morning, with sunshine from midday. Quite mild.
Dave joined me for our first visit together of the new year. A single Stonechat was at Netherstead, while finch numbers at the south end were slightly down. On the other hand there was a flock of about 50 Linnets in the dry pool field.
It was down to the flash field to provide the only new bird of the year in the form of a
Little Egret, presumably the bird seen in late December.
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| Little Egret |
The flash pools were unfrozen, and the wildfowl had responded by returning. A Shelduck, eight Wigeon, and a pair of Shovelers had joined 28 Mallard and at least 12 Teal on the nearest flash.
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| Shoveler |
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| Teal and Wigeon |
We left at around 11.30, but as the sun was starting to emerge I returned for an hour later to try to fill in some gaps in my photo year list (see 2019 year-list tab).
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