2021 Birds of Fly Flatts. phase 3..Wildfowl.

I,ve recently published 2021 birds of Fly Flatts , Waders then Passerines and now its the turn of some of the special wildfowl that turned up at Fly Flatts earlier this year. Normally I would have done a phase 4, Gulls but with no shore this year gulls have been none existent  other than Fly overs but only the usual species. The only highlight, but not gulls, were 3 Common Tern which are very rare in my area over the last few years.

                                        Plenty Skeins of Pink Footed Geese over

Great Crested Grebe,    a rare visitor.

                                     Invasion of 58 Wigeon , 9th Oct.

                                             A record for this site.

                                     Plus a bonus of 2 female Pintail in with the Wigeon

                   Skeins of Whoopers over in the mist, 16th Oct.  3 skeins, 53 Swans.

                                                        All >SE

                                     Poor for Common Scoter this year with just these 2 male 

                                                          and a separate female.

                                        Very few visits from Tufteds

   Greylag not common here but a pair raised 4 goslings, plus one October morning

                                         I found 41 on the water.

                                        2 Barnacles early in the year then just 1 since.

                                               Not a bad site for Shelduck.

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