Sunday morning I arrived at the reserve about 8 am, just as it was getting light. This was the view from Ousefleet hide. Lots of teal and lapwings and 4 marsh harriers hunting over the reed bed.
A single male pintail on Reedling and one of the many snipe.
The marsh harriers were quite active during the day but not many seen coming into roost.
Tuesday morning I drove down to North Duffield Carrs to get a couple of hours bird watching before the forecast bad weather arrived.
The water levels have gone down, so it is now possible to see the boundary of the scrape.
Garganey hide is now accessible. Still mud on the floor and the seats are still a bit damp.
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Lots of birds, some quite close to the hide.
At least a 100 pintail, 20 plus redshanks, 18 ruff and 120 plus dunlin.
Some of the hundreds of wildfowl.
which often took to the wing as either buzzard, marsh harrier or peregrine flew over. A pair of mallard were sheltering from the wind
A barn owl was out hunting
I think that this marsh harrier was tagged in Norfolk.
A Happy New Yea to you all.
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