☔ Wednesday March 22nd 2017 ~ With rain in the forecast for this morning and spring migration starting to hot up a few hours in the hide at Brandon Marsh was as good a place as any! In fact it was an enjoyable few hours and produced a couple of
Little-ringed Plover, which unlike yesterdays brief visit by a single bird hung around for most of the morning. An increase in
Great Crested Grebes, now three and a single
Ringed Plover, which was in fact a Brandon year first for me! The injured
Goosander appears to be spending most of its time on Swallow Pool but thankfully seems to be feeding well.
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| Green Sandpiper on Teal Pool at Brandon today! |
I've posted the notable sightings for the day on Jeff's site BrandonBirding which can be found
HERE
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| Wheatear at Wolston |
After leaving Brandon I stopped at Wolston to check out the gravel extraction, where earlier today Dave Cox and Paul Cashmore had found two
Wheatear and two
Little-ringed Plover. After arriving an immediate search recorded a commendable six
Little-ringed Plover (obviously an overnight influx) but initially no sign of
Wheatear! However, with perseverance I did eventually locate two birds but not on the flooded areas, they were in fact on the mud heaps on the opposite side to the footpath!
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| Wheatear ~ Another record shot from Wolston |
By coincidence my first
Wheatear sighting of the year comes on the exact same day as 2016 ๐
