Just a quick post to report a quick sortie around the East Malling Research site at lunch today. I had put seed down on one of the orchard tracks to try and attract Brambling down, and I did see one briefly when I checked but the chicken wire across the gate precluded getting any pictures.
I sat it out for another 10 minutes (in the rain!) and saw the following coming to feed or wash in the nearby puddles: 5x
Blackbirds, 2x
Magpie,
Dunnock,
Robin,
Fieldfare,
Stock Pigeon, 10+
Chaffinches and eventually 6x
Brambling...oh and a
Grey Squirrel. The weather was awful and I only managed one crappy shot of the Brambling but I think you can just about make out what it is (strange the Squirrel snap turned out so well)!
The Genebank was pretty much deserted, apart from a cock
Pheasant strutting around the base of the trees. The
Medlars looked just about ready to eat - looking at fruit on my lunch hour, it must have been bad!
Next stop was Bradbourne, again nothing out the ordinary, but a bit of variety: 83x
Canada Geese, 21x
Moorhen, only 43x
Coot, 3x
Little Grebe, 1x
Shoveler, 9x
Mallard, 2x
Grey Heron, 1x
Green Woodpecker, 14x
Black-headed Gull, 3x
Herring Gull, 5x
Mistle Thrush and 6x
Redwing.
3 comments:
Hi Adam.
Well done with the Brambling. I wish I had seen at least one today. Guess I was in the wrong area. Have a good weekend
Still await Brambling here Adam, you had a good selection of waterbirds today, mind you, it was the weather for it :-)
Bramblings seem to be like waxwings - some have plenty others (like me) have none.
Those medlars look good by the way.
Technical point about the reason why the squirrel looks better: it's bigger!
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