Sunday, 1 November 2015

Closing days of Autumn

 Hybrid Canada Goose x Barnacle Goose
 South reed lagoon
 
Roe Deer 

My weekend of birding at Salford Priors started on Friday evening when Paul and I did a comprehensive search of the east bunds following Chris Lane having flushed a Short-eared Owl on Thursday afternoon. Sadly we couldn't repeat Chris's luck. Our small Starling flock has increased to around 200 birds, not quite to Ham Wall standards.

I visited the site on Saturday morning & Sunday afternoon but sightings were in truth very average. My best find was a male Peregrine that was playing havoc with 11 Snipe around the site. After a couple of quiet weeks the Coot numbers are edging upwards again. 

The only other bird of note was a hybrid Canada x Barnacle Goose that was on the main pit on Sunday. 

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