This morning's walk to the Mill Lakes had several highlights and got me an overdue year tick. First off, were two competing male
Common Whitethroat at Dawson's Corner - one in the same territory as last year. A pair of
Blackcap were at the footbridge entrance to the Mill Lakes, and a male
Reed Bunting was perched on a tree top on the Reedbed. Another male
Blackcap was at the Peninsula, and eleven newly-fledged
Greylag Goose goslings were with their parents on the grass to the north of it. The year tick was a male
Ruddy Duck on the middle of the lake - quite late in the year, really.
At the far side of the lake, two of the
Grey Heron were on the nests, and a male
Gadwall was on the southern end of the lake. Heading back, a pair of
Grey Partridge were flushed from the farm track at Dawson's Corner, and a single
Barn Swallow flew over the Pit Tip Plantation and down over Farmer Fox's Cow Field.
This morning's walk to the Mill Lakes had several highlights and got me an overdue year tick. First off, were two competing male Common Whitethroat at Dawson's Corner - one in the same territory as last year. A pair of Blackcap were at the footbridge entrance to the Mill Lakes, and a male Reed Bunting was perched on a tree top on the Reedbed. Another male Blackcap was at the Peninsula, and eleven newly-fledged Greylag Goose goslings were with their parents on the grass to the north of it. The year tick was a male Ruddy Duck on the middle of the lake - quite late in the year, really.
At the far side of the lake, two of the Grey Heron were on the nests, and a male Gadwall was on the southern end of the lake. Heading back, a pair of Grey Partridge were flushed from the farm track at Dawson's Corner, and a single Barn Swallow flew over the Pit Tip Plantation and down over Farmer Fox's Cow Field.
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