Wednesday, 4 January 2023
Tuesday, 3 January 2023
Eurasian Spoonbill
It was pouring down with rain this morning so I went to the hide at Bowling Green Marsh in Topsham and the first bird that I saw was a Eurasian Spoonbill .
I then had a good look at the marsh and saw all the normal birds for this time of year , But it was nice to see quite a few Gadwall , 2 female Pochard , numerous Northern Pintail and a smart looking Ruff .
Monday, 2 January 2023
Homeward Bound
This morning I had a quick walk around again and saw a Rose-Ringed Parakeet on the same apple tree as yesterday .
On the journey back home a Red Kite was over the M4 near Reading .
Sunday 1st January
Happy New Year
I had to go up to Boreham Wood in Hertfordshire over the new year on family issues . So birding was on the back boiler but I did see a Rose-Ringed Parakeet .
Later on in the day we went to Flitwick in Bedfordshire to see if we could catch up with a very strange bird a male Lady Amherst`s Pheasant . We arrived to find a few birders already there and after a bit of a wait the bird came out into view and as you can see its a cracking looking bird .
This is only the second time that I have seen these birds with my 1st way back in 1987 at Ampthill that is very close to Flitwick .
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