Alan Shorrock and I visited Deene this morning where we spent some time in the churchyard looking for the Hawfinches that Alan saw here earlier in the week. We didn't manage to see any of the target birds though there appears to be some berries left on the Yews and they may still be about. After we'd given up on the finches we headed down towards the lake.
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| Pink-footed Goose |
A quick scan of the water revealed a Pink-footed Goose loosely associating with the Greylags, it flew off after about ten minutes. Further scans of the lake produced a female Pintail mixed in with the Mallards, I think that this might be my first here though I have seen an escaped White-cheeked Pintail on several occasions. More regular were two Shelducks, I'd expect their numbers to build as the winter progresses. Rounding off the list were at least four Black Swans and a flyby Grey Wagtail.
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| Red Crested Pochards |
Our next and final stop was at Blatherwycke where we concentrated on checking the lake rather than looking for Hawfinches. The Red Crested Pochard count had risen to four with two ducks now joining the drakes, two pairs of Mandarins were also present on the eastern part of the lake. After some time searching we managed to pick out the immature female Scaup on the western side of the bund feeding with a group of Pochards and Tufted Ducks. While looking at the scaup Shozzer found a Green Sandpiper and that was the last thing of note before we headed off to a local pub for a pint.
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| Scaup |
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