Another free day today as Mrs R was at work,saw me heading south towards the flagship Lincolnshire RSPB reserve at Frampton Marsh.
I wanted to get there before first light to see the Wild Swan roost before they left for the surrounding fields to feed for the day and after a trouble free drive to the reserve,I arrived to the lovely sound of trumpeting Whooper Swans.
It was blowing a proper gale as forecasted and I quickly got my kit together for my day around the reserve.
As it got light properly there were 250+ Whooper Swans on the wet grassland from the car park,what a fantastic sight and sound to start the day!.
As I knew the wintering Lesser Yellowlegs had been seen around the car park area,it wasn't long before I was watching this elegant American visitor.
It was loosely associating with a Redshank as it fed around the flooded grassland,giving a good chance to compare these two Tringa Sandpipers,what a smart bird.
This is the second time i have seen this bird,enjoying great views back in October last year and the first since i saw a bird in North Lincolnshire at Bagmoor Lake in 2012.
After enjoying super views of this American 'Shank' i made my way over to the 360 hide and spent a good couple of hours watching Wildfowl and Waders from my viewpoint.
Nothing rare was seen apart from more views of the Lesser legs,but it was great to sit and take in such superb views of species such as Whooper Swan,Pintail,Redshank,Lapwings,Avocet,Wigeon,Ruff and Teal.
I spent some time taking advantage of the close views,with some nice phone-scoped videos for my collection.
I even found an adult Whooper Swan with a colour ring,which had been ringed on the 19th November 2018 and was an adult male bird at Martin Mere in Lancashire.He has travelled quite a bit around the British Isles,being seen at Martin Mere on 11 occasions,Loch of Strathbeg in Scotland,near Silloth in Cumbria and near Bescar in Lancashire before my sighting today.
After enjoying the great views from the 360 hide I decided to go for a walk around the rest of the reserve,seeing at least 10 Goldeneye on the Reedbed Lagoon and then at least 2 lovely Brambling in with a mixed flock of Finches feeding in a Sunflower strip.
Other species seen during my wander included a Peregrine,Merlin,at least 7 Marsh Harrier and 35 Ruff.
After arriving back at the car and the look of rain on the horizon,I called it a day and had a steady drive back north to Barnetby.
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| Fantastic Paintings On Some Old Wash Marker Buoys. |
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| Some Phone-scoped Images Of A Redshank Feeding Close To The 360 Hide. |
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