Fowlmere

A brief hour after much rain. Just walked to the hide and back. Not too bad at all. A Common Sandpiper, and (a record?) six Tufted Ducks (four male) that I managed to get record shots.

 

Also great views of a Hobby and some decent shots of a Heron.

 

Apparently Tom was awoken from his cabin at 5:30am by a cacophony of bird noise. He assumed it was a cat so went out to investigate and saw a male Sparrowhawk eating what he believes to be a young Collared Dove in the tree above him. It stayed long enough for him to get this awful phone picture (it was 5:30am) and it ignored the mobbing birds until Jackdaws chased it off.

Fowlmere
18 May 2015 18:32 - 19:30
Sunny after much rain 12C 14W
Greylag Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Grey Partridge, Pheasant (heard), Grey Heron, Little Grebe, Buzzard, Hobby, Moorhen, Coot, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Turtle Dove (heard), Swift, Green Woodpecker (heard), Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff (heard), Willow Warbler (heard), Blackcap (heard), Sedge Warbler (heard), Reed Warbler, Wren (heard), Starling, Blackbird, Robin (heard), Dunnock, Yellow Wagtail (heard), Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Yellowhammer, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting