Winter finally seemed to arrive today at Rutland Water as Alan Shorrock and I wandered along the dam. Some early sunshine gave way to rain showers with some falling as ice crystals, I'm glad that I had the thermals on! Despite the increasingly damp conditions we saw a selection of interesting birds even though a flotilla of yachts and fishing boats were causing some unwelcome disturbance.
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| Whooper Swans |
Goosanders featured strongly today with at least sixteen being noted and these included a number of drakes. A female Scaup showed briefly before being flushed by something which caused her and the Tufties she was associating with to fly off towards the north arm. Some trumpeting calls alerted us to a couple of Whooper Swans flying eastwards across the dam, they were followed by four more a little later on. Wildfowl numbers still seem quite low but there were a few Goldeneyes on view and I'd imagine the north easterly winds will bring in more over the next few days. Attempts to find the Great Northern Diver were unsuccessful and we didn't manage to find much else of note.
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| Goosanders and Goldeneyes |
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