Thursday, 24 December 2020

24th Dec - sunny am, broken cloud pm, mod NW, 5C

Willey; late afternoon, 1550h, c50 Goldfinch going to roost next to sewage works.

Shawell lagoons, this morning, 65 Lapwings and 5 Snipe on view, plus four Cormorants, two Teal and 19 Tufted Ducks.  All the usual Gulls, two Black-headed with cour rings, but too muddy to read them.

Cotesbach Landfill; The Shelduck and four Pochard, 55Teal, 17 Shoveler, and couple of Mallard.  Two Red Kites and a Buzzard were present.

Many Gulls in the tipping area, but alas no 'white-winger' spotted.


Magna Park South; mid-day - on the levelled flooded development ground c200 Lapwings and c210 Golden Plover.




Bittesby; a walk here in the afternoon. Notable was four Little Grebe, a Mute Swan pair and single Pochard on the lake, with two grey Herons sunning on the adjacent flooded area.

A male stonechat was on the fallow field fence post, before I could get a decent photo he dropped in to cover.  A Kestrel was hu8nting nearby.





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