Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Nice bright morning,although cloudy by mid afternoon.
Birds of note - Black-throated Diver 2 ( New Diggings),Black-necked Grebe 1 (Burrowes Pit),Slav Grebe 1 ( Lade Pit,north end),Black Redstart 1 (Power Station wall),Bearded Tits 2 (Dengemarsh),G W Egrets at least 3 and Glossy Ibis 1 (Horse Paddocks,before reserve entrance).
The big numbers of wildfowl have now departed,but Smew and Goldeneye remain.
Birds of note - Black-throated Diver 2 ( New Diggings),Black-necked Grebe 1 (Burrowes Pit),Slav Grebe 1 ( Lade Pit,north end),Black Redstart 1 (Power Station wall),Bearded Tits 2 (Dengemarsh),G W Egrets at least 3 and Glossy Ibis 1 (Horse Paddocks,before reserve entrance).
The big numbers of wildfowl have now departed,but Smew and Goldeneye remain.
Monday, 3 March 2014
March 3rd (New Hythe)
0830-0930.
Seeing as up to 2 Bitterns have been reported recently in the Brookland/Abbey Mead lake area.I popped down there this morning to try my luck.I made straight for Abbey Mead and the NE corner.Where in previous years I have been successful in locating Bitterns.Almost immediately after I had arrived,I heard a Black-headed Gull making one hell of a racket.On me peering through the hawthorns which overlook the area to see what all the noise was about,a Bittern flew in and dropped down,but unfortunately out of sight.
This now makes my New Hythe total for the year to just (54).1,m still missing,Redpoll,Siskin,Stock Dove,Oystercatcher,Common Sandpiper,Green Sandpiper,Goldeneye,Goldcrest and Treecreeper,all of which I should have seen by now.
Seeing as up to 2 Bitterns have been reported recently in the Brookland/Abbey Mead lake area.I popped down there this morning to try my luck.I made straight for Abbey Mead and the NE corner.Where in previous years I have been successful in locating Bitterns.Almost immediately after I had arrived,I heard a Black-headed Gull making one hell of a racket.On me peering through the hawthorns which overlook the area to see what all the noise was about,a Bittern flew in and dropped down,but unfortunately out of sight.
This now makes my New Hythe total for the year to just (54).1,m still missing,Redpoll,Siskin,Stock Dove,Oystercatcher,Common Sandpiper,Green Sandpiper,Goldeneye,Goldcrest and Treecreeper,all of which I should have seen by now.
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