Saturday 11 February 2012

More Woodcocks

Mid morning on Walland found the 77 Bewick Swans still at Midley and 1 Little Owl. At Scotney 2 Pale Bellied Brent Geese with 9 Dark Bellied Brents, 20 Greater White Fronted Geese, 500+ Greylag Geese and the feral Barnacle Geese. A walk along the cycle path there flushed 8 Woodcock and a red head Smew was on the Brett Pit.
A visit to Lydd Wood found another 6 Woodcock, 20+ Song Thrushes, 4 Redwing and a Water Rail.
At the ARC Pit a minimum of 4 Bitterns present this afternoon, 3 Marsh Harriers, 1 red head Smew, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Water Rail, 4 Cetti's Warbler and 4 Woodcock at the Tower Pits.
This afternoon on Walland the Swans had disappeared, 10+ Tree Sparrows at the feeders, 3+ Marsh Harriers, 2 Common Buzzards, 4 Common Snipe flushed from the ditches and a look around some of the bushes found another 5 Woodcock and a few Thrushes.

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