It rained. It rained all day! A very light variable breeze.
Saltmarsh to Red Nab - Malcolm 12:00 - 12:30
Lapwing 39 resting out from the saltmarsh
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| Lapwing |
No Linnets and just one Reed Bunting seen. Others almost certainly feeding on the marsh.
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| Reed Bunting |
Shelduck 13 out from the foreshore
Black-Tailed Godwit 27. All but one were feeding on the mud between the freshwater culvert and Red Nab. But this one was feeding in its own little pool just out from the foreshore.
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| Black-Tailed Godwit |
The little pool was providing plenty of small bivalves for the Godwit to eat. It eats one in this clip. You can see just how easily it can roll it up the length of its bill.
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| The area beyond the culvert is where the majority of Godwits were feeding. Spread over quite a distance as the whole shore was still exposed. |
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| Redshank with two Black-Tailed Godwits |
Wigeon 25 just starting to make their way to Red Nab.
Rock Pipit 1
Middleton Nature Reserve - Malcolm
Just a quick check of the two largest pond on my way home
Main Pond
Mute Swan pair
Mallard 15
Gadwall 12
Coot 2
Moorhen 4
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| Adult Moorhen (front) plus an immature Moorhen |
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| Mallard and Moorhen |
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| Gadwall pair |
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| Male Gadwall |
"no swimming" pond
The Mute Swan with a wry neck still has a companion
Mallard pair
Tufted Duck 3
Coot 2
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| Mute Swans |
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| Tufted Duck |
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| Coot |
