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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.
BS




Thursday, September 15, 2016

Ogden lives on

                       F Shoveler in hazy conditions out in
                            the middle of the water.

    Spent most of its time resting

                                Drake Gadwall
                                        1 of 4 Teal
                A mish mash of waterfowl
                                   12 months since the last one at Mixenden

                                                           Sun down.

A call from NK just before lunch today reporting Teal, Shoveler and Gadwall at Ogden got the adrenalin going so after Sainsburys duty it was head for Ogden at 1445 hrs.
A good scan produced nothing and it looked like the birds had gone but a closer inspection found a tight group of waterfowl in the centre of the water but barely visible in the haze and reflection of sun on the water.
A dash round the west side to get the sun behind me improved things slightly but still very hard to id the birds and near impossible for photos.
After a lot of eye straining I found 4 Teal, 1 drake Gadwall, 1 f Shoveler and 4 Little Grebe .
The group were in the centre whilst 2 Grebe were in the NW corner and 2 in the SW corner.
3 Cormorant and the usual gulls were also present.
Around 120 photos later I rescued about 6 as record shots but great birds for Ogden and a good find and I.D. from Nigel.
The last Shovelers there were 5 on 26/ 07/ 2012, also found by NK.
BS