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Saturday, March 17, 2018

Braving the blizzards. Ogden

            1 Lesser Black Backed amongst the small gulls.
       A pair of Goosander were present way up at the North end.
                                      1 pair of Tufted around the SE corner.

                                          Bad hair day
                                                            female
  Imitating a Ring Necked duck with the bump
                                         on its head.

1500 hrs and with some seriously heavy snow blizzards moving across the area I thought it best to stick near to base so a check on Ogden was the session of the day.
                                                                      The target bird, Whooper Swan ,was once again not to be
and the area was otherwise quiet with the highlights being a pair of Tufted in the SE corner amongst the Mallards and 2 Canada geese whilst a pair of Goosander were sticking near to the banking at the northern end. Around 30 Black Headed gulls were on the water along with 3 Commons and 1 Lesser Black Backed.
                       A single Moorhen was rummaging  about under the overhanging trees near the duck feeding corner but no sign of the second bird. Just a Grey Wagtail was down in the sluice gate area whilst 6 Chaffinch flew from the Lodge House into the trees behind the info centre.
                                                       Looking out of the window whilst I am typing this blog the horizontal snow is coming down thick and fast making tomorrow mornings session look a bit grim.


                                     Across to Chapel Lane

                                                Looking over Foxhill Park

BS