Today has been another splendid day. I arrived in this morning, and as my computer logged on, I wandered down to the kitchen in search of the first and most important job each morning – that is making tea! I am very lucky to have a boss who shares the burden, as there is something so much nicer about a cuppa you didn’t make yourself.
Anyway, this I arrived back upstairs and set John’s cup down in front of him, as his phone rang. It became apparent that there was something to see at Frampton, so I wasn’t surprised that as soon as he got off the phone he popped over to my office to ask if I wanted to see an egret? Ok we have lots of little egrets but he expanded 'a cattle or great white egret – it has a yellow beak!' Suddenly, tea is forgotten and left to drink cold later!
As off we went, and on arriving at the reserve met Ian (Local birder) at the entrance to Roads Farm wet grassland, and sure enough there was a great white egret. Enjoying the sunshine on the wet grassland, and it even posed with a little egret so we could get a good comparison of size, before finding a fish for breakfast in one of the ditches. A brilliant site. Also, on the area of wet grassland were eight barnacle geese, a lovely group of wigeon, and lots of displaying lapwing.
The sighting I missed in my blog yesterday was a little gull within view of the Visitor centre. The first of this winter at Frampton Marsh, and a lovely sight.
So come and enjoy a walk at RSPB Frampton Marsh and see what birds you can spot yourself.