Priory Country Park, Bedfordshire
Bray Gravel Pits, Maidenhead, Berkshire
Paul and Sandra
Yesterday, with a shopping list of 6 birds, we couldn't go wrong and managed to get great views of all of them. Today, with only 2 birds on the shopping list, we "dipped" on both! "What a difference a day makes", "that's the nature of birding" etc - all these clichés really do apply!
- We nearly "twitched" the Penduline Tit at Bedford, arriving less than 45 minutes after the only sighting of the day. We waited in vain nearly 3 hours for it to return as it had yesterday. We were entertained throughout our wait by nearby Reed Buntings, a Robin, Blue Tits and a glorious Kingfisher.
- After relocating to Bray Gravel Pits in Berkshire we searched high and low for the Ring-necked Duck but despite our best efforts we were unable to find it. We even tried the lovely Jubilee River Nature Reserve before the fading light caused us to stop.
Despite our lack of success with the target species we had a really good time and found 3 new sites for future use.
Toady's species list:
Black-headed Gull
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Cetti's Warbler (heard)
Chaffinch
Coot
Cormorant (10)
Dunnock
Egyptian Goose
Fieldfare
Gadwall
Goldcrest
Great Crested Grebe
Great Spotted Wodpecker
Great Tit
Green Woodpecker
Grey Heron (20)
Greylag Goose
Kingfisher
Little Grebe
Magpie
Mallard
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Pheasant
Pochard
Red Kite (30)
Reed Bunting
Ring-necked Parakeet
Robin
Shoveler
Stonechat
Teal
Tufted Duck
Wigeon
Woodpigeon
Wren (40)
A lovely day's birding in excellent company!
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