A dry morning saw me head off to Llangorse Lake, for only my third ever visit to the site. The target, a drake Ring-necked Duck that has turned up a couple of days ago, as well as a drake Red-crested Pochard and a female Scaup.
Ceri Jones was already on site when I arrived and he quickly filled me in on the whereabouts of the the Ring-neck' and R-c Pochard. Both fell fairly quickly with a bonus Great White Egret - not sure why Phil and Martin have difficulty with these here as it was very easy to pick up!
By the time I made it to the hide, the Ring-neck' decided to play hard ball and it took almost an hour to relocate it. The female Scaup, however, was quickly located, though as it spent a lot of time diving it was easy to miss.
The three ducks were all year ticks and they were joined on the year list by a Cetti's Warbler that sang from the reeds whilst I was trying to relocate the RnD.
Ceri Jones was already on site when I arrived and he quickly filled me in on the whereabouts of the the Ring-neck' and R-c Pochard. Both fell fairly quickly with a bonus Great White Egret - not sure why Phil and Martin have difficulty with these here as it was very easy to pick up!
By the time I made it to the hide, the Ring-neck' decided to play hard ball and it took almost an hour to relocate it. The female Scaup, however, was quickly located, though as it spent a lot of time diving it was easy to miss.
The three ducks were all year ticks and they were joined on the year list by a Cetti's Warbler that sang from the reeds whilst I was trying to relocate the RnD.
Great White Egret piece of p**s along with all the ducks yesterday with Mr Bevan don't know what all the fuss is about !!!!!
ReplyDeleteYes they must have had a good clean up at the lake and no white plastic bags anywhere and only egrets and the Great White must have done at least half dozen fly byes.
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