Fowlmere Ticks

Double Fowlmere ticks today. One a bird: Coal Tit, singing near the water cress beds; the other a mammal: Water Vole, also by the water cress beds. Other highlights included two Redshanks, five Shoveller (three males and two females), and a Great Black-backed Gull, all scarce at Fowlmere.


The Short-eared Owl was seen roosting, and after it had left in the evening I returned to collect a pellet.

Fowlmere
23 March 2016 08:05 - 10:00
Overcast 8C 6SW
Greylag Goose, Teal, Shoveler, Pheasant, Grey Heron, Buzzard (heard), Water Rail (heard), Moorhen, Coot, Lapwing, Redshank, Great Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, Green Woodpecker (heard), Magpie, Jay (heard), Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Cetti's Warbler (heard), Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Wren, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Linnet (heard), Bullfinch (heard), Yellowhammer (heard), Reed Bunting (heard), Grey Squirrel, Water Vole, Muntjac