No Edith, I do not regret seeing two Egrets this morning 😉
First, a Little Egret flew south over Southorpe Road. It was past me before I got onto it, so the pics are of a receding bird.
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| Little Egret southbound |
Then when I got to the hide a Great White Egret took off from the reed bed to the right of the hide, circled, got moved on by a Greylag Goose and landed back in the same spot for a few seconds before flying off east. This is the third day running I've seen a GWE at the Mere but the first time I managed to get pics.
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| Great White Egret from Decoy Hide |
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| Landed on the north side, didn't like it |
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| Landed at the west end, got moved on by a Greylag Goose |
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| Tried the west "corner", not happy |
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| Came back to the hide reed bed, almost too close! |
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| Close up crop of the above photo |
On Tuesday morning I saw a Barn Owl land in a tree, so I carefully approached hoping its senses were turned off. No such luck, of course it knew I was there all the time.
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| Barn Owl |
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| That's close enough - I'm off |
The number of ducks at the Mere is dwindling fast as they leave for their summer haunts. There are still a few Goldeneye and Tufties left though.
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| Tufted Ducks over the Mere |
I had two singing Blackcaps this morning over at Wassand, following a single singing bird on 28 March. The first bird could have been an over-wintering bird starting to sing, but I reckon today's were proper migrants just arrived.
Four Sand Martins on 25 March are my only other migrants so far, apart from the omnipresent Chiff Chaffs of course.
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