Took my third trip in 3 days around Old Moor today ... 'You can't get too much of a good thing' ... Apparently ....
The list is much the same as yesterday but for those of you who still can't get 'enough of a good ..' well.. you know ..
The feeder area had great tits, blue tits, goldfinches, greenfinches, chaffinches, bullfinches and tree sparrows.
The Sacrificial Crop area was pretty quiet when I got there but still had tree sparrows, linnets, reed buntings and chaffinches.
The Field Pool was busy as normal with wigeons, teals, shovelers, mallards, tufted ducks, little grebes, great-crested grebes, coots, moorhens, lapwings, redshanks, black-headed gulls, Canada and greylag geese and pheasants.
Wath Ings had pochards, tufted ducks, mallards, little grebes, great-crested grebes, coots, moorhens, lapwings, redshanks, an oystercatcher, black-headed gulls, a lesser black-backed gull, a common gull, sand martins, mute swans, Canada geese, greylag geese, a sparrowhawk, a kestrel, pheasants and stock doves.
The wader Scrape had mallards, teals, shovelers, wigeons, tufted ducks, coots, moorhens, oystercatchers, lapwings, redshanks, ringed plovers, Canada geese, grey herons, sand martins and at least 2 swallows.
The Mere had tufted ducks, mallards, gadwalls, wigeons, little grebes, coots, moorhens, oystercatchers, redshanks, lapwings, cormorants, Canada geese, black-headed gulls, pheasants and jackdaws.
The barn owl was standing in the entrance to the box at the far side of the Reedbed area.
"YOU WILL BE MOVING IN NEXT !!" .. He shouted ...
I'm not sure who he was talking to though ..
(Not many RSPB Reserves have a talking barn owl by the way)