Saturday 28 March 2009

28 March 2009

I went and checked the Thames part of my patch this morning. Tide was low and there weren't very many birds:
  • mallard: 24
  • gadwall: 16
  • teal: 12
  • tufted duck: 15
  • moorhen: 3
  • coot: 3 (2 of them fighting it seemed)
  • lesser black-backed gull: 1 adult
  • great crested grebe: 1 adult asleep on the water
  • herring gull: 1 3rd winter(?)
  • black-headed gull: 3 first year
  • pied wagtail
  • cormorant


There was a fairly strong northerly wind, and, at some point, I was treated to a minute or 2 of a female peregrine in stationary flight against it. Awesome!

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