Hi all,
Just thought I would share with you our (Me & Becca1605) day of birding a RSPB Rye Meads! It was our first time to Rye Meads and it didn't disappoint! We arrived at 11.30am and made our way to the visitors centre where we were made welcome and given a map of the reserve. We then continued along the trails and to the hides which there are 10 in total to start our watching.
In total we saw 30 species which the stars for us were the Lapwings, Little Ringed Plover and Cormorant. Some of the others were Shovelers, Shelducks, Goldeneyes, a Little Egret and a female Sparrowhawk. The main attraction there are the Kingfishers which unfortunetly we didn't manage to see!
We eventually managed to tear ourselves away at 3.45pm and made our way home. All in all, a great relaxing day of birding and will certainly be going back soon!
Regards
Daniel
Hi Daniel, so glad you spent such an enjoyable and successful birding day at Rye Meads. Must warn you that you will be asked for photographs by some folk on here !!
Hi Daniel
Glad to read you and Becca had a good day out.How nice to have seen 30 species you have been lucky on your first visit.I can see why you want to go back.Littleowl
Unknown said: Hi Daniel, so glad you spent such an enjoyable and successful birding day at Rye Meads. Must warn you that you will be asked for photographs by some folk on here !!
I took a few photos but unfortunatly no proper bird ones :( I need to invest in a new lens for my camera so I can start getting some better close up pictures! But I will upload the ones I did take!
For some reason my pictures won't upload! :(
Hi Daniel,
Are they the right size 4mb or under?
Littleowl
They should be okay, it just keeps coming up with the same "server error", even when I try to change my avatar too!
Sounds like a super place to visit. Glad you had a good day all saw all those birds.
There is something new to learn everyday...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skylark58/
Finally managed to upload my photos from our day at Rye Meads :)
View from the Otter Hide.
Mute Swan viewed from the Otter Hide.
Mute Swans viewed from the Otter Hide.
The sandbank viewed from the Kingfisher Hide but no sign of the Kingfishers!
A pair of Mallard having a little rest!
Thanks for the pictures seems like a lovely day out
Of all creatures, man is the most detestable, he is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. ~ Mark Twain
Nice pics of your day out.Good views from the hides aswell. It looks as If those Swans are paired up too.So you could be watching cygnets next time.