Ashdown Bird Group
Titchwell
Overcast but dry to start with but rain came in at 12 ish causing us to run for the hides and then to head off early to the hotel. However we did manage to get in some useful sea watching beforehand so the day was not lost.
Out to sea there were lots of Scoter, mainly Common but with the odd Velvet seen as well. There were lots of Goldeneye including, my favourite, the drake. A couple of Red-breasted Mergansers showed prominently on the water. There were lots of waders including Bar-tailed Godwits, Knot, Turnstone and Dunlin.
On the reserve I got my first sighting of 2014 of the Avocets - a group of 20 or so were tucked in to the left hand edge of one of the very few islands left.
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| Avocet Library picture |
From the hide the highlight was the Red-crested Pochard showing well tucked in at the far edges of the pond. This was a first for me this year.
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| Red-crested Pochard Library picture |
A shortened day but pleasant and productive with an expanding species list for the trip including 2 new year ticks with the Avocet (157) and the Red-crested Pochard (158)
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