Out for a while

 Call in at Pathways but not fit enough to walk out. Then to Links Hill and plenty of CARRION CROW, HERRING GULL, BLACK HEADED GULL and a single CORMORANT. Off to Lowestoft Ness and  a very smart MEADOW PIPIT and flock of 11 GOLDFINCH.

Back again.

 Not  put nothing up of recent so thought I had better change my ways. In reality Pathways is doing what it does every year with the influx of wildfowl. But it just good to see so many LITTLE GREBE in fact the highest count is ten. With SHOVELORE, MALLARD, WIGEON, two male POCHARD in very good nick. GADWALL on show as well.

Links Hill: Today the single one legged MED GULL put on a show as it cleaned itself in a puddle.

Carlton Marsh SWT

 Rather a dull looking day, but when it was time to head home it brightened up. Best bird was  CHIFFCHAFF and also a BEARDED TIT. Has 90 plus LAPWING over Petos. KESTREL 3 and GWE. It is also good to see SNIPE flying about. There was also good numbers of MEADOW PIPIT umbers increasing each week.

Snipe

 

Carlton Marsh SWT

 So here we go again, a trudge round the reserve and a talk with several people and showing them the GLOSSY IBIS that was on show. Also was a couple of BEARDED TITS nd about ten MEADOW PIPIT. Other than that two LITTLE EGERET.

Pathways Care Farm

 Our regular walk through with only 17 species, but good to see two KINGFISHER and the usual duck and LITTLE GREBE. Other than that not much else.

Carlton SWT

 Out on the reserve for 3 hours, with a few people about to talk to with one young family who I introduced to 8 BEARDED TIT. This family hanging about on the middle track made themselves invisible to eye but not to the ear. Handily they flew individually over the track but the pic is not worth sharing. The best birds however were two birds that flew over my head calling. I immediately picked them up as WATER PIPIT. Checked on merlin and it recorded them the same. Altogether I recorded 30 birds on the day with a pair GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER and a single GREEN WOODPECKER.

Pathways Care Farm

 It was very obvious that Autumn is well in with WIGEON showing for the first time for this year it seems to all be happening. Only 17 species today but still with SHOVELORE and GADWALL.