Not the best weather for photography or birding out in the rain, however I took the opportunity of a free day to visit this YWT reserve.
I parked my car near the Crosslands Hide and walked to the Dennis Wood hide, from where I took the picture above. Lots of birds to be seen.
Most were resting on various islands
A quick count revealed 19 tufted duck,27, shelduck,26 shoveler, 30 gadwall, 16 mallard,
3 pochard, 200 plus wigeon, 40 lapwing, 15 redshank, 62 teal.
Crosslands lagoon had a similar number of birds, plus blackbirds and redwing in the hedgerow eating berries. A female bullfinch appeared but no sign of a male. I did not see any birds as I walked to the North Hide, however on my return walk I saw these Egyptian geese in one the farm fields.
As I walked back towards Crossland hide I stopped at one of the viewpoints and looked across Crosslands lake. There are several dead swans and these carrion crows were feeding near one of them.
Then suddenly lapwings took to the air and started to attack a red kite, which I presumed had also seen the dead swan.
A pleasant visit with a list of 36 birds.
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