Whooper Swans
Black-tailed Godwits
RSPB Fen Drayton
Upton crew scanning
It's all to much for two twitchers
Spoonbill
Saturday it was off to Cambridgshire with three fellow Upton birders, Mike, Craig and Jarrad. Our target bird was a Baikal Teal and we were very hopeful when we saw an audience of birders watching over the lake as we arrived at RSPB Fen Dayton. Despite the bird being present for a couple of weeks the Teal had elected to disappear over night. The four of use walked the reserve in hope but sadly no luck in over 3 hours.
From there we set off for the RSPB Ouse Washes which is a huge reserve with many hides. You could spend many hours here and miss many a rarity given the huge expanse of land and water. With some helpful advice from the locals we located a female Ring-necked Duck. Although distant you could clearly see the bird and was the first time I'd seen this type of duck. We actually viewed from two separate places, the second place was because a Spoonbill had been reported. The Spoonbill was very active which was great to see and was also in full summer plumage. Other notable sightings included Kestrel, Marsh Harriers, 50+ Ruff, 200 Black-tailed Godwit and Whooper Swans.
From there we set off for the RSPB Ouse Washes which is a huge reserve with many hides. You could spend many hours here and miss many a rarity given the huge expanse of land and water. With some helpful advice from the locals we located a female Ring-necked Duck. Although distant you could clearly see the bird and was the first time I'd seen this type of duck. We actually viewed from two separate places, the second place was because a Spoonbill had been reported. The Spoonbill was very active which was great to see and was also in full summer plumage. Other notable sightings included Kestrel, Marsh Harriers, 50+ Ruff, 200 Black-tailed Godwit and Whooper Swans.
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