White-fronts drop in
Six European White-fronted Geese dropped in at 2.15pm onto Plover Field with around 100 Pink-footed Geese. Also 4 Barnacle Geese with Pink's. An early morning count had 3,600 Pink-footed Geese [...]
Six European White-fronted Geese dropped in at 2.15pm onto Plover Field with around 100 Pink-footed Geese. Also 4 Barnacle Geese with Pink's.
An early morning count had 3,600 Pink-footed Geese and 1,150 Whooper Swan.
Waders included an influx of Common Snipe 16+ from the Ron Barker Hide alone, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, a single Oystercatcher and 40+ Ruff.
A pair of Raven were feeding on a goose corpse at the back of the Mere this morning.
Today's raptors included 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel.
Short-eared Owl hunting in fields at the back of the Mere from 3.50pm.
Fieldfares feeding on hawthorn along the Nature Trail.