Unusual factor: I’ve practically reached the 200 mark on this 12 months’s checklist, however nonetheless have not seen a Goldcrest or a Treecreeper! With this lacuna in thoughts, I left dwelling early and was strolling across the Fen by 6.00am. For sure, regardless of two circuits, neither species surrendered itself!
There have been a number of fascinating bits: I am instructed that Cranes have lastly bred on the reserve, so I wasn’t that shocked to come across a pair on the meadow: no signal of any children, although.
A few fleeting Grasshopper Warblers and the same old phyllos and syvias had been alongside the Sandy Path, whereas a Chinese language Water Deer and her fawn confirmed completely no worry of me close to the renovated pump home. The one curiosity at Tower Disguise was a pair of Nice Crested Grebes with a few chicks hitching a trip!
On the best way dwelling I ended at Buckenham: no Garganey, however two Little Gulls nonetheless.
