Bonby Carrs,Saturday 14th October.
A visit to the Carrs this afternoon in some incredibly warm,sunny conditions for the time of the year,saw a few nice sightings being seen,the best of which was 10 Little Egret watched feeding around the fresh water pools.This is my largest count down here after normally only seeing ones or twos and was great to see.
Also apparent were some good numbers of wildfowl,which included at least 60+ Wigeon and similar numbers of Teal,with 40+ Mallard and 14 Gadwall.The only wader being observed was a single Snipe.
As i walked down the road towards the river,a few passerines were encountered and these included a lovely male Stonechat and 3 Corn Bunting.The former wasn't hanging about and looked to be actively moving along the valley and the Corn Bunts were seen feeding in a stubble field along with a hand full of Yellowhammers and Reed Buntings.
As i neared the river an adult Peregrine was perched up on the ground giving some nice views through the scope and a juvenile Marsh harrier hunted the fields.
The return leg back to the car saw more of the same being seen with a total of 6 Common Buzzards for the visit and 30 Yellowhammer going to roost.
East Halton,Sunday 15th October.
The weather this morning as we arrived at the Skitter,was completely different to the day before and Trace and myself headed along the seawall towards Winter's Pond in much cooler conditions.Highlights along this first section of our walk included at least 30 Meadow Pipit and 3 very smart Rock Pipits,with several flocks of Black-tailed Godwit feeding on the estuary mud along with smaller numbers of Curlew,Redshank and Dunlin.
Winter's Pond had the usual suspects from my last visit,with 4 Dabchick and 3 Great-crested Grebe being seen along with the resident 'Lag' flock.
On the fields and hedgerows as we passed Red House wood,a few notables included 20 Yellowhammer,6 Fieldfare and 4 Redwing and as we neared the Skitter again a cracking male Marsh Harrier was seen hunting the farmland there.
Not a bad couple of visits locally,but we really need some easterly or northerly airflow and some cooler weather to change things.
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| Three Of The Ten Little Egrets At Bonby Carrs. |
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