Waxwing made an appearance on the estate on 22nd - a single on the Horton Burn. Very scarce so far this winter, so a good patch year tick
February has started with signs of Spring - skylark back at West Hartford, Linnets too. The marsh has at least one jack snipe and water rail, along with another winter 13/14 scarcity a day or two ago - short-eard owl. Reports of a bittern are interesting but so far no connection.
Today saw a loop round Seghill for the european white-fronted goose that Gordon found this morning - associating with a large flock of grey-lags, some of which were wearing neck collars, of which I took no note of any details. At the links south of Blyth I again scanned the large pink-footed goose flock, and today, like Sunday, it was bean-less...
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| European White-fronted Goose - pink toned bill, large white band on tail tip |
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I spoke to a dog walker who said he'd seen the bittern, this was last Saturday.
Earlier this evening I seen a short eared owl fly along the western tree line, perch on a fence post and fly off
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