Pintails.
I had a very pleasant couple of hours at Oare Marshes this afternoon , i was hoping to see the Little Stints but got the tide completely wrong as normal ...lol , the East flood was fairly quite with just a scattering of waders mainly Lapwing plus Grey and Ringed Plover with a couple of Common Snipe here and there , a female Marsh Harrier drifted over the flood and spooked everything , there were plenty of Pintail and Shoveler with lesser numbers of Pochard and Teal .
3 Black Tailed Godwits.
I decided to check the waders out by the slip way and was delighted to see good numbers of Dunlin and Black Tailed Godwit , still no Little Stints though , i scanned across the other side of the Swale where i was really pleased to see the Rough Legged Buzzard over Mocketts farm where it stayed most of the time i was there , it was mobbed by a Peregrine at one point which was great to see , now here is a dilema , can i count the Rough Legged on my Oare list ??? although i was at Oare the bird was on Sheppy , answers on a post card please ....lol i also added Avocet here which is always nice to see .
Wood Pigeon on my garden fence.
When i got home there was this smart Wood Pigeon on my garden fence and a could nt resist a couple of photos .
Great to pick up the Rough Leg. Rob. As to whether you can count it on your Oare list, everybody's rules are different, I think most probably say the bird has got to be within the area that you are recording but some definitely count birds seen from the recording area. Sorry, I haven't really answered your question!! :-)
ReplyDeleteHi thanks Alan , yes its a tricky one , i have added it for now though .
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