Monday, November 25, 2013
An afternoon walk along the Jubilee River in dull light brought quite a lot of noise; men were again working on East Marsh, so I walked past quickly as there would probably be nothing there.
There were about thirty wigeon at the eastern end of the flood.
I counted 147 golden plover; there could have been a few more. They all went up with the lapwings and gulls but landed again after two or three circuits.
Like the wigeon, they could have done with some sunshine to bring out the colours. Several snipe were feeding among them but I couldn't see either the godwit or the dunlin.
The corner of the common was very busy. Pied wagtails, meadow pipits, starlings, one fieldfare, and one redwing were feeding in the grass; numerous reed buntings were again present, and a song thrush zipped by me and dived into the plantation. Several Cettis were heard along the river and a water rail called from the boardwalk.
// posted by Christine @ 9:39 AM 
