I had a later than usual start today arriving at Oundle some time after midday. At least the weather was a vast improvement over yesterday's when rain stopped play with the sun putting in a welcome appearance.
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| Barnwell sunset. |
The floods near Barnwell Lock continue to rise though they have yet to attract much of note. An Egyptian Goose and a growing gaggle of Canadas had managed to find them and so too had a flock of Lapwings. Duck numbers had dropped a tad though this may have been due to some disturbance. Not much else along the river though there was a female Mandarin on the Princess fishing lake.
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| Egyptian Goose and Mandarins. |
At Barnwell the action centred mostly around the Kingfisher hide where both the male and female were present though only the former showed well. There was not a great deal else to report apart from three Mandarins and I was far too late to have a chance of catching any of the recently reported Otters, I'll have to try an earlier visit in the new year.
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| Kingfisher, Dabchick, Black-headed Gull and Cormorants. |
I'd like to finish by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, hopefully 2019 will bring more interesting stuff to look at.
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| Merry Christmas everyone. |
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