I had my annual winter visit to the WWT centre today. I do love visiting at this time of year to witness the wildfowl spectacle. My target was the Holden Hide as this gives a good viewpoint of the reserve and you can usually get all the main species the reserve has to offer. From the hide there were large groups of (Bewick’s) Tundra Swan, Whooper Swan, Greater White-fronted Goose, and Greylag Goose, there were a decent number of Barnacle Goose but they were always very distant as were the 7 Common Crane that were on site. 2 Peregrine Falcon were again distant and hunkering on the ground from the wind, From the Martin Smith hide were 2 Ruff. There were also 3 Pink-footed Goose on site and I wasn’t sure if they were captive or not. Either way, they were a welcome site.
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| Pink-footed Goose |
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| (Bewick’s) Tundra Swan |
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| Common Moorhen |
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| Greylag Goose |
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| Greater White-fronted Goose |
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| Ruddy Shelduck (Female) |
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| Goldeneye (Male) |
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| Common Goldeneye (Female) |
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| Lesser White-fronted Goose |
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| Common Eider (Male and Female) |
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| Red-breasted Goose |
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| Snow Goose |
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| Smew (Male) |
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| Canvasback (Male) |
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| Redhead (Male) |
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| Cackling Goose |
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| Bufflehead (Male) |
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| Barrow’s Goldeneye (Male) |
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| Greater Scaup (Male) |
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| Lesser Scaup (Male) |
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| Ring-necked Duck (Male) |
On the way home I popped here in the hope of a Bearded Reedling. At first the place seemed devoid of life but things picked up with a Male Western Marsh Harrier and a Merlin. I heard a few Bearded Reedling but I failed to locate any birds.
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