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| Greylag Geese. |
There was a decent variety of wildfowl at the lake though numbers for most species remain low. One notable exception was Greylag Goose with several hundred being present. Among the ducks noted today were about ten Mandarins and other exotics included an Egyptian Goose and three Black Swans. Notable for their absence were Coots, I can't recall if I saw any here and I can only remember seeing one at Deene today too. Other birds seen here included a Kingfisher as well as a few Mistle Thrushes. Good numbers of Collared Doves always seem to frequent the area and a flock near Home Farm contained forty seven birds.
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| Red Kite and Bulwick bullock. |
Walking along towards Bulwick produced good numbers of Red Kites and also Skylarks and Meadow Pipits. The latter two species may have been migrants as indeed may have been the Goldcrests seen on several occasions in roadside hedgerows. Another feature of the day were both species of winter thrushes, their numbers appear to be building up nicely.
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| Grey Wagtail and Deene view. |
Deene Lake seemed very quiet with just four Shelduck being of note, I didn't visit the inflow though I suspect that the water levels would have been high. At the farm ponds a hooting male Tawny Owl perhaps said more about the gloomy conditions than I ever could and there was also a Water Rail squealing from the sedges. A Grey Wagtail showed well here too, it seems to have been a good Autumn for this species.
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| Priors Hall and Weldon. |
Priors Hall was a little quiet though there were good numbers of Siskins feeding in the alders and I also had good views of a Sparrowhawk. Perhaps the highlight was a drake Mandarin though this is becoming a regular site for this species. About half a dozen Fallow Deer were the pick of the other wildlife as some late afternoon sunshine here and at Weldon was not enough to tempt any surviving insects out.
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