Tuesday morning and again up at 03.45 hours, usual two strong coffees and picked up at 04.30 hours to be taken again to the Red-footed Falcon Hide to arrive at 05.00 hours.
The sky is clear and the day looks good.
A different route was taken due to the heavy overnight rain, lots of water on the tracks making the trip very difficult and slippery for the 4 x4, however it also made large areas of water with a lot of birds where we had very good views of
Wood Sandpiper, 20 +
Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Ruff, m
Greylag Goose
Black winged Stilt
Common Buzzard
Hooded Crow
Eagle, unidentified, probable Lesser Spotted Eagle ?
from the hide we also saw
Red-footed Falcon
Roller
Kestrel
Jackdaw
Purple Heron
Grey Heron
Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Lapwing
Sedge Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Tree Sparrow
Wood Pigeon
Swallow
Pheasant, m
Eagle, very big !, unidentified but later discussion with our guide was decided it was White-tailed Eagle.
Picked up at 13.30 hours to be taken again to the Great Wood drinking hide.
Very quiet after the heavy rain of yesterday, water every where for birds to drink !
We saw
Nuthatch
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Blackcap
Nightingale, juv
Red-backed Shrike
Greenfinch
Chaffinch
Hawfinch
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Finish at 19.30, back to hotel for 20.00 hours.
Great captures, you had a fruitful day birding. I think I liked the hawk photos the best. Thanks for sharing
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