An hour spent in the hide at Bowling Green Marsh got me 5 European Spoonbill , a Little Egret , a male and female Common Pochard , around a dozen Tufted Duck , a Common Kestrel and a Stock Dove .
Just glad to be able to get out a bit again after a bit of bad health 😀
CORNWALL
A trip down to Cornwall today in hope of catching up with the 1st winter Ross`s Gull that has been seen around Newlyn Harbour and we got nice views of the bird but I could only manage to get this quick shot of it as it shot past . This was my sixth different Ross`s Gull seen in Britain and I can never get enough of these smart little birds .
We then went to Marazion and picked up Greater Scaup and Sanderling for the year . On then to Helston where we saw a pair of Lesser Scaup that were practically under our feet !
Our last stop of the day was at Truro where the long staying Lesser Yellowlegs was showing right beside Tesco`s car park in a small channel .
First stop this morning was at Goosemoor in Topsham where there was 3 Little Egret , a European Green Woodpecker , Common Raven and a female Eurasian Bullfinch an uncommon bird for this site !
I then went to Bowling Green Marsh where the main birds on show were 4 male and a female Tufted Duck , a male and 2 female Common Pochard and a Spotted Redshank .
I am still a bit poorly but this morning I ventured out for a while with my first stop at Goosemoor i Topsham where I got my first Water Rail of the year . Also seen was European Green Woodpecker and a Great Spotted Woodpecker . Then a quick look at Bowling Green Marsh got me 2 Stock Dove .
I then went across to the other side of the Exe Estuary and near Starcross there was 100+ Cattle Egret and a look at the Exe Estuary got me 3 male and 2 female Red-Breasted Merganser .
An afternoon trip to the Otter Marshes got me 2 Eurasian Spoonbill , 2 Little Grebe , a Common Raven , male and female Common Stonechat and 2 distant Water Pipit that were very illusive all the time I was there . Another birder that was with me said that he had seen six of them but I had to make do with just the two of them .
