Having dropped Margie off in Lindfield for her works Christmas Dinner, I thought I'd have a wander up to Weirwood Reservoir in the hope of adding Mandarin to my year list, sad I know, what was worse I never found one!! Nice to bump into Alistair and Bob doing a WEBS count as well! Bird wise, the highlight was a Barn Owl that Alastair picked up flying across the Reservoir. Brief views of a Kingfisher, some active Pochards and Tufties , but most of the action was on and around the Feeders, with Marsh Tits, Coal Tits and Long-tailed Tits among the highlights, though some were harder to get pics of than others some pics below!
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Marsh Tit, not a fan of feeder shots, but the blooming Marsh Tits didn't hang around! |
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Pochard |
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Grey Heron |
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Black-headed Gull |
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Great Crested Grebe |
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Barn Owl |
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Treecreeper showed well, though as per usual spent most of the time around the back of the trunk! |
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Great Spotted Woodpecker |
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Little Egret |
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Long-tailed Tit, best i managed at the reservoir, though on my return home there was a flock of 8 on our Feeders,pictures below! |
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Blue Tit, possibly with a gammy leg |
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Nuthatch another bird that only posed on the feeders |
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Coal Tit |
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Pheasant |
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Little Grebe, showed about 10 minutes after the WEBS counters left |
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Tufted Ducks |
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Goldfinch, splash of colour on a dull day |
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Coal Tit |
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Blue Tit without Gammy leg |
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Female Chaffinch |
Not a bad couple of hours, as said having picked Margie up, not literally she hadn't drunk that much😂We returned home to a group of eight or nine Long-tailed Tits in the garden, managed to get the door open without spooking them and got a few pics, bit of sunlight would have helped!
Such a privilege to have them flitting about the garden!!!!
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