A nice trip out to College Lake with the RSPB last weekend on a beautiful winter morning with plenty of Fieldfare and Redwing around along with selection of Finches. From the main lake a nice selection of ducks with Wigeon, Tufted and Gadwall in high number and over 10 Snipe feeding on the islands.
We then walked further round with more sighting of the winter thrushes along with a few Bullfinches, GreenWoodpecker and a big flock of linnet least 40 birds and a nice woolly bonus in the shape of the grazing sheep with a few hunting Kestrels over the grassland. Then walked around to the woodland hide where a nice selection of Tits and Chaffinches where feeding.
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| Feeding Redwings |
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| One of many Fieldfares |
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| Green Woodpecker briefly in the tree |
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| The flock of sheep |
Then ended the day at Wiltstone Reservoir where I came across an Dunlin which is quite unusual at this time of year feeding in with the ducks with a nice number of Teal and Wigeon looking stunning in the evening light.
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| Feeding Dunlin |
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| Feeding teal |
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| Calling Wigeon |
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| Greylags flying through the sunlight |
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| Wiltstone Sunset |
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