Morton Bagot seemed strangely empty this morning. Not of birds, of people. The ringers had migrated somewhere else, and Dave was not with me. I had the place to myself.
Conditions were ideal really. High cloud with a few sunny spells and hardly a breathe of wind. Redwings were very much in evidence, feeding on hawthorn berries. The hedges seem particularly bountiful this autumn.
All I needed was a decent bird. The heavy rain a couple of days ago had filled up every pool it could find, and was no doubt responsible for the appearance of the bird of the day, a Little Grebe swimming around on the nearest flash.
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| Little Grebe |
This was only the second here this year, and the first I've been able to photograph. The flashes were also home to 33 Teal, a Wigeon and 24 Lapwings.
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| A Wigeon among the Teal |
Other than that it was pretty steady. Redpolls appeared in very short supply until 30 appeared in the birches on my walk back, while the Redwing numbers reached a minimum of 50 birds.
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| Redwing |
It sounds as though winter will be back next week.
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