Saturday, 12 March 2016

SLIMBRIDGE

I have been meaning to visit Slimbridge for a while but wanted a reasonably sunny day, so today I went! 

 Species seen included:
mute swan, barnacle geese, canada geese, white fronted geese, greylag geese, tufted duck, mallard, pintail, widgeon, shellduck, shoveler, pochard, teal, little egret, avocet  crane, lapwing, peregrine, oyster catcher, reed bunting, wren, dunnock, chaffinch, robin, bluetit, great tit, house sparrow, jackdaw, rook, moorhen, coot, goldfinch.

 There has been a scaup viewed from one of the hides recently but not showing today, however I took photos of a tame one to compare with a tufted duck. 
reed bunting

pintail

avocets

shellduck

pair of jackdaws

white fronted geese

greylag geese

tufted duck 

scaup (tame)  
 
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