March 20th:
I had heard that a Little Ringed Plover had been seen down at Station Marshes so i headed down there around 8.30 . Walking down to the main pathway, i picked up 2x
Reed Buntings and a Flying
Grey Heron over the river. As i approached the Marshes i scanned out towards the Scrape and other then plenty of
Tufteds , 2x
Goldeneye were the stand out of the Ducks. I scanned the Marsh from the Cattle fence and quickly picked out 2x
Little Ringed Plovers! A nice year tick and nice close views too.
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| Female Reed Bunting |
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| Male Reed Bunting |
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| Little Ringed Plovers |
A single teal was the only other bird about so off i went around the river , looking in the reeds and bushes as i went, in hope of an early migrant ! After plenty of calling
Blue & Great Tits , i heard a rather loud
Chiff Chaff!! It didn't take long to track it down and managed to set up on the bank and enjoy watching this busy little Warbler make its way along the bare reeds and bushes. Before leaving i picked up another
Chiff Chaff and heard a singing
Cettis at the Bridge.
I headed off to
Whitlingham next for a quick scan:
I got 3 more Chiff Chaffs on pathway to the Observation Area, 2x
Great Crested Grebes displaying to each other which was good, along with 4x
Little Grebes but not much to report other then a couple of
Long Tailed Tit Flocks.
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| Great Crested Grebe |
Next stop was the
Cathedral (and no, not to pray!),
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| Cathedral |
I pulled into the Adam & Eve Pub Car park and set me scope up on the box that has been placed towards the top of the spire.Both the
Peregrine Falcons were there ! The male was on a small Statue (or boss) to the right of the box and the Female , further up the Spire (which i recall is the second tallest Spire in England!).I enjoyed watching these Awesome Falcons in the cracking Sunlight , and especially when the Male decided to take off , giving me good views as it playfully swooped through the Pigeon flocks . Lovely mornings birding- now back for early Lunch !
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| Peregrine Falcon |
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| Peregrine Falcon |
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