Sunday 26 January 2020

Ring-necked duck, still Marloes Mere

Following a walk up to Dale Fort to check the bay for grebes turned up just 2 GC grebe, a late afternoon visit to Marloes Mere was more productive with the Ring-necked duck and the drake Scaup reappearing among a group of 16 Aythya duck (remainder presumably all Tufies but light was fading). And to cap a cracking last hour a Ringtail Hen harrier hunted around the surrounding fields before drifting north. Good to bump into Malvern-based birder Simon and his dad and share 3 nice birds.