Trip reports
Morning walk to Holyfield Hall Farm & the Grand Weir hide
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
At the farm, a buzzard was spotted perched in a tree and one was seen soaring over the woods. Singing skylarks & meadow pipits were seen and heard over the fields, and various geese were feeding on the fields near the path.
The new Grand Weir hide gives good views over Holyfield Lake and the weir, as well as over the goosefield and the farm fields. A large flock of lapwing were seen flying around and finally landing on the islands above the weir.
At the end of the walk we stopped at the Bittern Information Point, a bittern had been seen earlier, flying across the reedbed opposite, but we had no luck this morning.
48 Species seen:
Little grebe, great crested grebe, cormorant, grey heron, mute swan, greylag goose, canada goose, Egyptian goose, wigeon, gadwall, mallard, shoveler, pochard, tufted duck, common buzzard, pheasant, moorhen, coot, lapwing, black-headed gull, common gull, herring gull, stock dove, woodpigeon, collared dove, green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker, skylark, meadow pipit, pied wagtail, wren, dunnock, robin, blackbird, fieldfare, song thrush, long-tailed tit, great tit, blue tit, jay, magpie, jackdaw, carrion crow, starling, house sparrow, chaffinch, greenfinch and reed bunting
Thanks to Terry for leading this fundraising walk, £3 donation is requested for each walk, if you would like to have details of these walks, please email Terry, using the 'contact us' link above.