Wigeon now showing.
After seeing a pair of Wigoen on Friday, this morning there was an increase to 5. Whilst admiring there lovely chestnut plumage a male Kingfisher perched on some tall vegetation directly in front of the Ramsar hide, amazing. Two more were also seen on the Reed swamp exhibit as well today.
Chiffchaff and a Swallow were the only obvious migrants this morning.
In the reedbed the Cettis warblers were blasting out their song and a Water rail was calling from the shelter of the reeds. Whilst waiting for a glimpse of the rail there was a splash under the boardwalk. Thinking that it was probably a Water vole, a Water shrew appeared and quickly made its way across the channel and into the reed fringe. Not something that one observes very often.
A female Migrant hawker was also in the reedbed trying to egg lay on the boardwalk!
