A tour of the marina early morning produced fifteen
Pied Wagtails on the pontoons and three
Yellow Wagtails in the adjacent field. After breakfast back aboard I spend an hour at Napton Reservoir and here the highlights were
Raven over,
Yellow Wagtail and after a patient 20 minute wait, a juvenile
Common Redstart on the fence in the sheep field, although elusive!
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| Purple Hairstreak from River Meadow |
A few hours at Brandon Marsh later in chilly conditions for the time of year. From a birding perspective things were very quiet and the short time I spent in the hides only managed to produce five
Green Sandpipers,
Little Grebe and a
Hobby.
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| Barn Swallow at rest in the Brandon car park! Contemplating the long journey ahead? |
I spent some time on River Meadow searching the treeline where I'd come across a
White-letter Hairstreak a few weeks back and was amazed to find a
Purple Hairstreak in the very next tree, probably two of Brandon's most elusive species in the bag for another year!!
