Wintry Wednesday

 

A different kind of weather yesterday at Blacktoft. On Sunday I was able to sit on a bench outside the visitor centre and listen to a chiffchaff singing. Yesterday it was a day for sitting in front of the wood burner. The rain was obscuring the view out of all of the windows so I could only see blurry images of birds flying past.

In the intervals between the showers I managed to visit some of the hides. Marshalnd had the most birds.

Lots of teal sheltering from the wind and rain, there were over 200 teal on Ousefleet lagoon.

A grey heron thought about landing on Marshland lagoon but the avocets had other ideas.

The avocets are becoming more active and are starting to squabble with the black headed gulls for nesting sites on the islands.

A single black tailed godwit arrived at high tide.

a flock of about 30 dunlin also flew in but took off almost as soon as they landed.

a male peregrine flew over the lagoon which I presume caused the birds to fly off. Two oystercatchers arrived.

A chiffchaff was singing from a tree near Xerox hide.

Mostly greylag and canada geese on Singleton lagoon.

Smart looking pochards on Townend lagoon.

 

3 snipe were on the waters edge

A bumble bee was feeding on the willow

Lets hope for better weather on Friday.