Another amazing day at Martin Mere, highlights a 1st winter pale-bellied brent
goose (my first on the reserve for 30 years), adult Russian white-fronted
goose and a barnacle goose with a good sized flock of pink-footed geese on
Plover field. Also ringtail hen harrier, short-eared owl, barn owl,
glossy ibis and drake ring-necked duck all showing well, plus 3 great white
egrets, 20+ cattle egrets, 2 little egrets, 6 chiffchaffs which included a
possible Siberian chiffchaff and all of the usual wildfowl and waders. 10.2km
(6.5 miles) walked around the reserve today, much of it with Graham Clarkson.
Hard to think of a better site in North West England, or a better way to spend my day.
Pale-bellied brent goose with pink-footed geese.
Barnacle goose (centre) flying with pink-footed geese.
Short-eared owl.
No comments:
Post a Comment