Headed off down the patch again today as I heard that rare Black Terns had been spotted the previous day. I never saw them, but within moments of getting to the patch I heard my first
Cuckoo of the year calling.
The reeds were absolutely thriving with singing Reed Warblers and Reed Buntings and I must have counted close to 20 birds of each as I spent a couple of times walking around the lakes.
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| Cetti's Warblers are a right pain. This is the best I could manage! |
I found a
Pheasant in one of the back fields and then I caught up with Martin at the far end of South lake and chatted with him and his son as we walked the remaining section lake. We didn't see anything of note, other than a fox carrying something which looks like a small badger from the photo I took.
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| Not the greatest shot, but it will do. |
Once we reached the small island Martin found some
Shelducks (my first at Longham) giving me three new birds for the day. I'm now very close to beating last years record so I'm going to make a lot of effort as I'm still missing a fair few relatively easy birds, including Kestrel, Sedge Warbler, and in total there's still 29 common to uncommon birds that I've not seen yet.
Total birds = 71
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| Here's the fox Martin spotted. Opinion is divided on what it's carrying. |
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| A Carrion Crow trying to trick me into thinking it's a Raven. |
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| I really like how elegant this Mute Swan looks. |
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