With all the talk on the forum about Fieldfares (and the fact that at the moment there are very few around!) I thought I would post this cracking shot of a single bird in the Cordite on Sunday morning taken by Julie Dent.
I am sure that if we ever get any proper winter weather with a bit of easterly in it then we shall have Fieldfares by the dozen!
A wet and soggy day but good for the reserve... I reckon that some of the cuts we made into the reed last Thursday will be wet within another day or two while the Purfleet Scrape contiues to rise and was being used this afternoon over the hight tide by no less than 12 Rock and a single Water Pipit that were feeding and bathing right in front of the hide!
Two of the Bearded Tits were again showing well but were infront of the Marshland discovery Zone for the first time and had a narrow escape when an immature male Sparrowhawk came in for a silent kill!
A cracker by Chris Lowe
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer