Another day of mild south-westerly breezes. Time for another patch visit. Dave joined me as usual, and we got off to a bright start when we located the Barn Owl just visible in its roosting spot.
Between 30 and 40 Redwings were flying around, but year-ticks were awaiting us at the flash pool. A Little Egret was standing with 15 Teal on the furthest flash, and eventually a flock of 25 to 30 Lapwings joined them. The Egret later flew towards the Morton Brook where it showed extremely well.
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| Little Egret |
A little further on we found another creature which was worth a shot or two. A Red Fox was patiently awaiting a movement in the grass from a small mammal it had evidently heard. I took some video hoping it would pounce, but after five minutes of non-activity I gave up. I won't subject you to that, but will show the moment it finally looked round. We were downwind so it was unaware that we were there.
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| Red Fox |
We did quite well for mammals, seeing Brown Hare, Muntjacs, a Roe Deer, and more unusually four Fallow Deer, but that was about it for another weekend.
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