Sunday, November 18, 2012
On a wonderful morning of blue skies and sunshine, a flock of finches fed in alder trees near the Manor Farm Weir. The flock contained chaffinches, goldfinches, greenfinches, and siskins. The birds were difficult to watch and photograph as they were quite high with the sun behind them and mostly obstructed by branches; but eventually I realised there was at least one lesser redpoll present, and this is the first image I've managed of the species at Dorney.
As I walked back, the sky was full of flying ducks, while the islands of East Marsh held lapwings, gulls, one or two green sandpipers, and several snipe; these had been displaced by a chap walking along the edge of the Eton Wick flood in wellies, carrying a toddler. He probably lives in one of the houses that back onto the field, and was maybe getting revenge for all the lenses that have been pointing his way over the last couple of months!
Two bright male pochard were on the river, and back near the car park two goldcrests were a fairly unusual sight in the hedgerow.
// posted by Christine @ 1:49 PM 
