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sgt.colon
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buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
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Mistress Rose
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buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 17 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Managed to get out this week, for a very pleasant walk on the Washes. Sunshine, and very little wind. All the birds were distant spots on the horizon, though, such as Cranes, Bewick's, Whooper and Mute Swans, a Marsh Harrier (which I missed) and a big flock of Golden Plovers. We had hoped (and expected) to see Short Eared Owls, as yesterday was a damp day and we thought they'd be hungry and hunting, but they did not show where we were.
I said all the birds were distant spots, but the last one we found was not: when we returned to the car park, there was a Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) sitting at the edge of the reeds in the sun, ;presumably trying to get warm. There have been Water Rails on some of our previous walks, but it has been a case of "Look, there's a Water Rail" "Where?" "Just going behind that patch of reeds."
But this one was cooperative!
Glad to have had such a good view.
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15679
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8658 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15679
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buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 18 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Have been a bit busy this month, so haven't got round to writing my notes until now.
On Feb 5th we went to a local nature reserve with a flooded gravel pit and areas of woodland and grassland, We were hoping to find lots of Scarlet Elf Cups, but only found about thirtyish.
But we did find a few Collared Earthstars (Geastrum triplex) which is new to the site and not particularly common (though probably easy to overlook!).
The following week we went to another flooded gravel pit site, hoping to find another rare fungus, but we failed to spot it. We did see a couple of Goosanders, though, which are lovely birds.
Last Monday we visited part of the washes, despite the foggy, drizzly weather. I did much of my bird watching from the dryness of the car. But we did see a Peregrine Falcon (grey blob perched on a leccy pole shrouded in mist), and three Wigeon, one of which was an American Wigeon (three almost identical grey blobs swimming on grey water shrouded in grey mist). But the birdy people were confident of their identifications, supported, in the case of the American Wigeon, by three other birders, described as 'the elite'!
Expecting cold weather next week - not certain where we might be going yet!
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45702 Location: yes
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45702 Location: yes
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