As You Were

A quick morning trip down to Inner Marsh Farm turned into more of an enforced vigil as a series of heavy and prolonged showers kept me sheltering in the hide for the majority of the morning.

It didn’t take time for the reserve to reveal its secrets, with a male Peregrine and a Dunlin still largely in breeding plumage being the best of a very modest Christmas assortment.

A good flock of Fieldfare on the top field was notable too – as were thrushes in general with plenty of Song Thrushes and Blackbirds foraging to the left of the hide.

Inner Marsh Farm 27.12.09

Teal c320
Lapwing c220
Black-tailed Godwit 33
Redshank 10
Dunlin 5
Curlew 5
Ruff 1
Peregrine 1 (male)
Raven 1
Fieldfare 20+

Closer to home it has been a stellar week for the garden list with both Pied Wagtail and Chaffinch entering the roles! Hardly earth –shattering, but for some strange reason my back yard is something of a Bermuda Triangle as far as finches are concerned, with a very brief visit by a pair of Goldfinches the only other record passing the scrutiny of the Green Lane Garden Rarities Committee.

Until later.