Howdy folks! Welcome back to another set of Frampton Marsh recent sightings. With me, Chris the visitor guy.
As you might have guessed, this will be a quick trot through the week's sightings. If I get time, i may come back to this post and edit in some lovely photos. But as it is, it is rapidly approaching 7 on Friday evening and I really want to go home!
So, lets have a look at some daily maps...
There's a little challenge for you. We have so many wigeon on site, there may well be an American wigeon lurking amongst them. Anyone got the eagle eyes to spot one?
No map for Thursday I'm afraid.
No map for Tuesday either.
The barn owl is usually pretty regular. Hunting around the reedbed at 4 pm or just after. In fact, people have been coming especially at that time, specifically to see it. The family that came on Sunday were almsot disappointed, but stuck it out and in the end had great views. Patience is a virtue!
Well, house sparrows were a reserve rarity. But they seem to have discovered the centre feeders and now a dozen or so are coming. Still outnumbered by the tree sparrows though, we can have up to 30 of those. You can see how busy it can be on there from this little video on Twitter.
Talking of large numbers, the fieldfare flock was immense. We can only assume they were Scandinavian birds that had just crossed the North Sea and we were their first port of call before they dispersed. Mislte thrushes and redwings have also been enjoying the bounty of berries along the hedgerow. No waxwings yet, but we're keeping our eyes peeled!
Reedbed, freshwater scrapes, saltmarsh and wet meadow. Frampton Marsh has it all! Come and pay us a visit soon.