RXwildlife Sightings

I was keen to see what the week’s rain had done to water levels. Predictably, the floods are deeper: deep enough to attract single pairs of Mute Swan and Canada Goose onto the fields among 100+ piping Teal, 20 Mallard, 10 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall & 4 Pintail.

Deep enough too to come over the top of my wellies. Toe-numbingly cold. That, added to the eye-watering east wind, made this visit one of the more “challenging” of recent times.
Apart from the hundreds of Common & BH Gulls attracted to the floods, small flocks of migrant GBB Gulls were moving north overhead, and 2 Buzzards drifted down the valley.
At Brede Bridge, there were 3 Green Sandpipers together at a pool close to the road.

A Long-Tailed Duck just offshore at the River Mouth, was the only highlight on a cold and windy morning. Two Brown Hare were flushed behind Ternery Pool while checking the Goats.