The elusive
water rail made an appearance at the country park pond on Thursday 28th. It spent several minutes feeding amongst the cut reeds on the edge of the pond.
Also on the pond were 3 female
pochard, 3
tufted duck, 8
gadwall, 15
teal and 10
mallard.
A
common buzzard flew over the fields on the north side of the park.
On the park's grazing fields 500
brent geese, 500
wigeon, 15
lapwing and 3
snipe were seen.
Along the park dyke were 10
tufted duck, pair of
mute swans a pair of
little grebes.
On the saltmarsh pools near the Point were 30+
shoveler, 100
teal and a
black-tailed godwit, while a
rock pipit flew over calling.
In the river Colne there were 12
great crested grebes.
Feeding in the horse paddock by the Golfhouse were 80+
wigeon.
Two
green woodpeckers and a pair of
mistle thrushes were feeding in horse paddocks north of the country park on Thursday.
A
red squirrel scrambled along the hedgeline beside the country park car park on Thursday morning heading towards the clifftop trees.
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