Leon and I left for the WWT at about 13:00. Tim who was on his way home after cutting his head open at work gave us a lift. The weather was mild and quite sunny for long periods of time.
We headed off to the ‘Wildside’ to see how ‘Disco Duck’ was doing. He was still doing fine and kept turning somersaults and then running back into the Black Bamboo where he and his mates were hiding! We carried on to the far end of the site to survey the reedbeds for the Bittern that had been reported there as well as a Water vole. Not a sausage! There were not very many birds about at all.
After about half an hour we moved back to the Centre itself, one to get a hot drink (coffee again for me!) and something to eat. Leon had also sprung a leak! We took a slow walk afterwards around the ‘Lagoon’ hoping to see the Siskins that had been reported there. They were not there but we did see female a little later as we approached the ‘Peacock Tower’.
At the Tower we made our way to the top floor. This area was well crowded although it thinned out a bit after about twenty minutes. Again there was not a lot to see. The water level was still much higher than usual and there were good flocks of Wigeon ranging across the smallish areas of grass that were still exposed.
We made our way out of the Centre at about 15:40 after having been to the shop where Leon was unable to get the seed and fatballs that he required. His birds will just have to go hungry until next week when we return for the ‘Birdspotting Walk’.
We popped into the ‘Red Lion’ for a couple and to talk about what we had seen at the WWT, then finally home at about 17:00.
BIRDS SEEN: Siskin, Reed Buntings, Pintails (x2m, x2f), Jack Snipe, Common Snipe.
We headed off to the ‘Wildside’ to see how ‘Disco Duck’ was doing. He was still doing fine and kept turning somersaults and then running back into the Black Bamboo where he and his mates were hiding! We carried on to the far end of the site to survey the reedbeds for the Bittern that had been reported there as well as a Water vole. Not a sausage! There were not very many birds about at all.
After about half an hour we moved back to the Centre itself, one to get a hot drink (coffee again for me!) and something to eat. Leon had also sprung a leak! We took a slow walk afterwards around the ‘Lagoon’ hoping to see the Siskins that had been reported there. They were not there but we did see female a little later as we approached the ‘Peacock Tower’.
At the Tower we made our way to the top floor. This area was well crowded although it thinned out a bit after about twenty minutes. Again there was not a lot to see. The water level was still much higher than usual and there were good flocks of Wigeon ranging across the smallish areas of grass that were still exposed.
We made our way out of the Centre at about 15:40 after having been to the shop where Leon was unable to get the seed and fatballs that he required. His birds will just have to go hungry until next week when we return for the ‘Birdspotting Walk’.
We popped into the ‘Red Lion’ for a couple and to talk about what we had seen at the WWT, then finally home at about 17:00.
BIRDS SEEN: Siskin, Reed Buntings, Pintails (x2m, x2f), Jack Snipe, Common Snipe.
