Monday 22 August 2011
On a
beautiful warm, still summer's day 15 birders, including visitors from afar,
enjoyed a walk along the Goat Walk to the viewing platform and then on to the
hide at Bowling Green Marsh.
Although
we had heard of bearded tits and a bittern from the hide on Saturday and we
knew that two avocets were on the reserve on Friday morning we unfortunately
could not find them. High tide was low at 2.9metres which meant that fewer
birds came off the estuary to the reserve we were well entertained by lots of
yellow wagtails feeding around the feet of the cattle. >b>A good total of 38
species were seen in the two hours.
Roger Tucker
Birds seen, in BOU order or alphabetic order
BOU order
Mute
Swan
Greylag Goose
Canada
Goose
Barnacle
Goose
Shelduck
Mallard
Shoveler
Cormorant
Little
Egret
Grey
Heron
Great
Crested Grebe
Moorhen
Coot
Ringed
Plover
Lapwing
Dunlin
Ruff
Black
Tailed Godwit
Curlew
Green
Sandpiper
Greenshank
Redshank
Black
Headed Gull
Herring
Gull
Great
Black Backed Gull
Feral
Pigeon
Wood
Pigeon
Magpie
Jackdaw
Carrion
Crow
Barn
Swallow
House
Martin
Starling
Blackbird
Robin
House
Sparrow
Yellow
Wagtail
Pied
Wagtail
Barn
Swallow
Barnacle
Goose
Black
Headed Gull
Black
Tailed Godwit
Blackbird
Canada
Goose
Carrion
Crow
Coot
Cormorant
Curlew
Dunlin
Feral
Pigeon
Great
Black Backed Gull
Great
Crested Grebe
Green
Sandpiper
Greenshank
Grey
Heron
Greylag Goose
Herring
Gull
House
Martin
House
Sparrow
Jackdaw
Lapwing
Little
Egret
Magpie
Mallard
Moorhen
Mute
Swan
Pied
Wagtail
Redshank
Ringed
Plover
Robin
Ruff
Shelduck
Shoveler
Starling
Wood
Pigeon
Yellow
Wagtail
in BOU order