Sunday 6 February 2011

6th February 2011

Another windy day...

I spent most of my time around the wetlands, mainly in the Pillinge and WL3 hides taking some digiscoped videos. I also saw an adult Mediterranean Gull in the Stewartby Lake gull roost in the afternoon:


Adult Mediterranean Gull in the Stewartby Lake gullroost


Redshank - videoed from the Pillinge hide


Little Grebe - videoed from the Pillinge hide


A pair of Gadwall - videoed from the WL3 hide.

Saturday 5 February 2011

5th February 2011

Guided Walk 8 - 11am
There was a pretty good turn-out of about 12 people for the walk this morning, especially considering the damp and windy conditions. The highlight was probably a Chiff-chaff found by Bob Hook near the sewage works, the first one any of us of us had seen on the park in 2011. We also had good scope views of a Redwing near the visitors centre.

There were three different Mediterranean Gulls in the Stewartby Lake gullroost in the afternoon. A 1st year, an adult and another one that was probably a 2nd year bird.