Saturday, 12 January 2013

Green-winged Teal - Sprinkle Pill

A nice surprise this morning on my WeBS count was a drake Green-winged Teal at the mouth of Sprinkle Pill, in the main channel looking south - second time I've found this species at this spot in 3 winters (click here for location).  Apologies that the picture quality doesn't come close to Clive's excellent Short-eared Owl photo below, but you can see what it is.  Other WeBS highlights included a drake Pintail, a Jack Snipe, 6 Black-tailed Godwits, 530 Lapwing, 557 Teal and 6 Grey Plover.