We had a great guided walk at Langford on Sunday afternoon, taking in the quiet off-limit parts of the site, an amazing sunset and some good wildlife too, including a great white egret. A green sandpiper, bullfinch, stonechats, reed bunting, Cetti's warbler and water rails also put in an appearance, alongside the increasing numbers of wintering wildfowl, with teal and wigeon being the highlights. A sparrowhawk was seen as the light started to fade and some small flocks of starlings sky-danced as the sun when down.
A great grey shrike has been seen on the reserve over the past few days, the last sighting being on Saturday, keep your eyes open for it, as there is plenty of ideal shrike habitat on site and they can be quite elusive if they want to be. Sightings of it on Saturday were all from the scrub on the western boundary near the river. This is the first record of GGS at Langford.
Photos below were taken on the guided walk by Maria Laura Wandavi @lallawandavi