Saturday, 16 December 2017

Firecrest - The Gann


A Firecrest, busily feeding along the path from the car park, brightened up the visit. Nice to see Jane Everitt there as well (Janes photo above).
Also c12 Little grebe, c50 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 18 Brent, 2 Goldeneye, female Merganser. c20 Snipe, 16 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2 Turnstone and a Bar-tailed godwit. Over at Marloes Mere: the 4 Scaup and the drake Pintail were still there. Scattered flocks of Lapwing. A few Fieldfare today. Flock of around 300 House sparrows in the stubble field with the redbrick shed opp Trehill Farm.