As I was defrosting the car this morning 18 Bewick Swans flew over out onto the marsh, presumably they had roosted on the ARC. There appears to 50+ around at the moment, difficult to count as they are widely scattered, the 2 above were with the Bean Geese.
Plenty of Fieldfares across Walland Marsh but only a few Redwings. Passerines are generally thin on the ground at the moment, a few pockets of Tree Sparrows and Chaffinches but little else.
10 Pink-footed Geese on Boulderwall Fields this morning was a nice surprise, a difficult bird to catch up with in the south, they remained till early afternoon before flying off into Sussex. While watching them 2 Firecrest were feeding along the Boulderwall Track and the 4 Glossy Ibis reappeared.
3 Cattle Egrets were in the Cockles Bridge Triangle today
On Burrowes The Divers were all still present but distant, also several Goldeneye
A late afternoon drive out onto Walland started well with 4 Mistle Thrushes in the sheep field in Dennis Lane, a scarce bird here now. As I drove along the road to Hawthorn Corner a Ring Tail Hen Harrier appeared beside me, causing me to brake and stop in the middle of the road (my apologies to Brenda who was driving behind me) further a long the road at Midley Barns it or another appeared, as it swooped across a ditch it flushed a Woodcock, a nice end to the day.
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