The monthly wader and wildfowl count was carried out again by Glyn Evans and his dad along the north side of the Island on Monday 21st. Glyn kindly passed these pictures he took on his walk.
A pair of
tufted duck pictured above has been part of a small number seen in recent weeks on the park dyke.
Two or three pairs of
little grebe have been feeding along the park dyke as well as a pair on the pond.
At least a thousand
wigeon are still feeding on the park fields.
Teal can still be seen on the park fields too, this male pictured above.
A male
mallard seen on the park fields.
Two
brent geese seen here strutting along the edge of the saltmarsh along the Pyefleet.
An unexpected find for Glyn was an accidental flushing of a
jack snipe into the air by the Maydays saltmarsh. After it landed quickly back down, it was pictured with this record shot as it flew off a second time.
A
green sandpiper, calling
chiffchaff and 31
corn buntings were seen below Bower Hall.
An
oystercatcher waiting at the edge of the saltmarsh during the high tide.
A pair of
common buzzards have taken up residence at the north end of Shop Lane and this bird was seen calling over the conifer wood.
A male
kestrel seen passing overhead - one of the pairs is usually by the oak tree at the back of the park's grazing fields.
Numbers of
little egrets are well down during the winter compared with the high autumn counts. There seems just two or three at the park at the moment compared with over 100 last October.
On the nearby Langenhoe army ranges, Richard Hull and Richard Brown reported seeing on Monday 21st a
hen harrier, 7 pairs of
marsh harrier, 6 pairs of
stonechat, 2 singing
Cetti's warbler and 27
red-breasted mergansers.
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