As you can see from the picture facilities are a bit basic at Utch. No hides and no "facilities" in fact if you get caught short the best we can offer is a bush and a dock leaf(between May-Sept' only) we haven't even got a car park. Could this be what's keepin' the hordes at bay? Who knows? Any way it's not keepin' the birds away. Yesterday afternoon some jammy sod sneaked in and had a cripplin' 35 Whoppers at Utch before they flew off towards Rocester!!! No sign of any Whoppers today but still a good three hours birdin pour moi.
Today's highlight was a Jack Snipe that finally got up from under my feet in the wet meadow! It got up in typical Jack fashion, silently flyin' only a short distance before landin' in a nearby ditch. Funny how a bird such as a Jack Snipe can have you punchin' the air and givin' it the old "Get in"!
The Little Egret was again roostin' mid afternoon on the far side of the main pit with 5 Grey Herons. Around 19 Curlew were in the fields near the Dove alongside 4 Oystercatchers. Top duck was again the Goosanders that had reached one short of equaling the record of 61 by around 1500hrs.
Goosander 60
Wigeon 84
Pochard 7
Tufty 15
Mallard 95
Teal 8
Shelduck 1
Jack Snipe 1
Snipe 7
Curlew 19
Oystercatcher 4
Green Sand' 2
Little Egret 1
On the mammal front a Stoat took me by surprise when all i could see was this white thing bobbin' around! It turned out that the Stoats tail was completely white apart from the black tip. A single Brown Hare was near the Dove.
That's all folks.
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