Nice to see pochard on Reedling lagoon.
Large flocks of geese on the field next to the reserve, mostly greylag with at least one bean goose. I tried to get a picture but the geese were close to the floodbank and I did not want to disturb them. So my pictures have either grass or fence in the bottom which does not help.
The bill marking is different to usual Tundra bean geese, but the general opinion is that they are Tundra bean geese.
On my way home I called in at North Duffield Carrs.
Water levels are slowly going down. large numbers of greylag and canada geese, plus wigeon, pintail, goldeneye, scaup and tufted duck. lapwings, dunlin and redshank on the exposed bits of land. A pair of stonechats on reeds around the scrape were my first of the year.
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