Sunny intervals with a cold northerly breeze. Dave and I went through the motions of walking around the patch this morning with optimism at a low ebb. This is a fairly wretched time of year for the patchworker, and it's very tough to find anything new to talk about.
One bird we do quite well for is Bullfinch, but they are always elusive and more often heard than seen. Nevertheless I often endeavour to get a photo of one (it must be a male of course) for this blog. This morning's attempt was my best yet, while still being pretty rubbish. A couple of Stonechats may have been the wintering pair, and there was a small increase in the number of Reed Buntings visible, albeit only six.
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| Bullfinch |
An immature Mute Swan flew around before we got to the flash field, and was at least something different. The furthest flash now holds three Wigeon, while the combined flash total for Teal was 27. We also saw one Green Sandpiper, and six Black-headed Gulls.
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| Green Sandpiper |
The rest of site contained small numbers of the regulars, and we flushed three Common Snipe while checking the dragonfly ponds for frogspawn. These pools rarely hold Snipe, so we considered this a tiny victory to conclude a pretty steady visit.
PS: John C saw two Green Sandpipers during the afternoon.
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