Avocets and Brambling

A few more Avocets arrived overnight/early morning bringing the total to 11 birds this morning on the Mere, also the Woodcock is still present between Gladstone Hide and Janet Kear Hide. Keeping with Waders, a Dunlin was with the flock of 60 Ruff and 2 Curlew were on the far side of the Mere with 20+ Black-tailed Godwit, 81 Oystercatchers, 2000 Lapwing and a few Snipe.

The Tawny Owl was again on view being slightly blown around in the wind today, also the cracking male Brambling is the still being seen from Janet Kear Hide along with an assortment of Chaffinches, Greenfinches and plenty of Reed Buntings.

The male Brambling photographed yesterday (Shirley Bain)

 

Some of the flock of 11 Avocet swimming on the Mere this morning (T. Disley)

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