Popped back to local lake to see if the 'Yellow Cow Pat Toadstool' was still fruiting, and several were, so this time I managed a photo
Visited Brandon marsh during the afternoon to see what was about. On arrival ~30 Fieldfare flew over the entrance and a handful of Redwing were in the bushes. Arriving at Teal Pool a Heron was stalking the edge of the reeds and 25 Teal were feeding in the shallow water.
More duck were on the east marsh pool, many Shoveler, one Pochard, several Gadwall, more Teal and Mallard. Best of all, a drake Pintail was present, I managed some record photos. The Pintail breeds in northern Europe in to Russia, unfortunately its numbers have dropped significantly in recent years.
There were quite a few other birds to be seen, including a Kingfisher that zipped past over the pool and two Water Rail were 'squealing' in the reeds only a few yards away.
At this time of year Brandon is host to a Starling roost, so I decided to stay and wait for them to arrive, performing their pre-roost flight gathering, we call a murmuration. Eventually they began to arrive and some 3000-4000 gave great 'murmurations' before settling in to the reed bed to roost.
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