Another day out with Gerald, today we were at Old Moor, where Gerald was helping with the WeBS count.
We visited all of the hides and had a day list of 43, including 2 year ticks.
Some of the highlights.
A female goldeneye
The male pochards had mud on their beaks after diving for food.
This young swan was happily feeding next to the footpath.
Oystercatchers have arrived back at Old Moor, another sign of spring.
This area is tree sparrow farm where there are several bird feeders. On my first visit there were not many birds about as the feeders were nearly empty. After completing the WeBS count Gerald and I visited the area again and Gerald got some seed and filled up the feeders. We were sat in one of the hides, where Gerald was helping visitors to identify the birds. He does this very well by asking which birds they are interested in first and helps them to identify the bird by telling them about the distinguishing features they should look for, He started off by explaining to a lady sat next to him, and before long he had an audience of about 12 people.
He received a message from a fellow birder, informing him that redpolls were in the tree sparrow farm area. We left the hide and walked back towards the entrance to the reserve.
We were soon able to see, blue, great, long tailed and coal tit.
A pair of bullfinches were also present
The redpolls were in the trees behind the feeders and were difficult to photograph
A very pleasant day thanks to Gerald.
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