Another frosty, sunny morning, another stroll around the patch. We got off to a decent start, spotting a Kingfisher at the dragonfly pools. To the best of my knowledge there are no fish in the pond, so it was probably wasting its time.
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| Kingfishers tend to become scarce here in winter |
That was probably as good as it got. A distant accipiter which flew into Bannams may have been an immature male Goshawk, but we weren't completely sure.
We accrued three Stonechats, flushed a Snipe (but didn't walk across the pool field), and counted an impressive 70 Lapwings at the flash field.
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| Most of the Lapwings (I couldn't quite get them all in) |
In the field beyond them was a sizeable flock of Starlings, some of which later flew into the trees under which we were hiding.
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| Starlings are actually quite attractive in winter |
The nearest flash was partly frozen and so only 19 Teal and the usual drake Wigeon were using it today.
Tony caught a Jack Snipe during the week (maybe the one we flushed last weekend). On the whole things remain very quiet.
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