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What's A Tuftlet ??

What's A Tuftlet ??

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Evenin all :-)

So .. The water levels are still dropping which is a good thing .. Green Lane is now passable with a bit of paddling but it will pay to make sure that your shoes don't leak and can cope with a couple of inches of water ... Hopefully it won't take long before we are back to dry paths again ...  

More good news is that the path to the Bittern/Reedbed hides is now open again so you will be able to enjoy 2 more hides and a reedbed walk too !!

And so to today's sightings ..

All from Old Moor today friends ..

There were tree sparrows seen on the car park feeders and a juvenile great spotted woodpecker was in the Bird Garden along with 3 siskins ..

A common sandpiper was seen on Wath Ings  as was a hunting barn owl ... 

The Wader Scrape had a Mediterranean gull, 3 common terns, an Arctic tern, 2 wigeons, 6 teals, a little egret, a green sandpiper, a juvenile dunlin, oystercatchers, linnets, reed buntings and goldfinches ... Oh yes .. And a hobby !  .. Cool !!

There were tufted ducks seen on the Field Pool with 14 tuftlets ;-)

A final report came from close to the visitor centre where a sparrowhawk was seen chasing a great spotted woodpecker !

And that concludes today's report ....

Have a great evening everyone ;-)

Bert xx 

Comments
  • My friend and I arrived today just in time for the opening of the reedbed path. We were lucky to see a Bittern fly past an hour or so later.

  • Brilliant! I wonder which one it was?....

    :)

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