Saturday, January 08, 2011
Jubilee River
I paid an early(ish) visit to the wetlands in better light than yesterday evening; twenty-seven golden plovers were with the lapwings but there was no sign of the black-tailed godwit.
I spent some time waiting on the main path at one of the bearded tit locations, only giving up when a man complete with telescope (and dogs) came wandering along the edge of the reed-bed in front of me. He's not the first birder to do this. When it happened before, I persevered; and a few minutes after the chap had gone past there was a "ping" followed by a brief sighting of one of the beardies in the reeds just inches from where he'd been. I don't know why they don't just wade in and beat the reeds about and have done with it. AAARGH!
I couldn't spend all day birding, but on the way home from a shopping trip I paid a quick visit to Marsh Lane to see the white-fronted geese again.
The white-fronts were together on the far side of the river so I got all eighteen in the frame. The greylags (I'm not sure if they're wild or not) were closer to the path.// posted by Christine @ 8:02 AM 
