Tuesday 17 March 2015

Carlton Marsh

A lovely day for birding with a light easterly and some brightness. This morning a pair of Lapwing were displaying, 2 Chiffchaff were singing along with 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Reed Bunting, 2 Water Rail and 3 Song Thrush. A pair of Buzzards were airborne along with 2 Sparrowhawk, a pair of kestrel and, 2 Peregrine were harassing Wood Pigeon. Also present were 3 Red-legged Partridge and a Redwing. Later c30 Whooper Swans flew NW over Upper Cudworth and the reserve at 16.03hrs.
 
2 Small Tortoiseshell butterflies were basking in the warmth of the sun.
 

Meanwhile in Cudworth, Geoff Miller had 8 Reed Buntings (6 males) visit his bird table, a record for his garden.

2 comments:

ASmith said...

Wow! That's a lot of open water.
Reserve looking good.

Cliff Gorman said...

Yes just about finished now Ange, except for the fitting of an outlet sluice