As Ash now lives next to Lodge lake , its only right and proper that we have a bit of friendly patching taking place in 2014 and with that in mind , I met up with Ash on 13th November ( http://www.viewsfromanurbanlake.co.uk) and had a pleasant walk round the north of the patch showing Ash the sights and sounds of the Northern part !
Best bird for me was a SKYLARK that flew over the Abbey paddocks - the first one I have seen since moving to Bradwell over 4 years ago - Ashley scoffed at this as he has regularly had them over the lake this Autumn , I guess i don't look up often enough ! We also had a few redwing and small flocks of Fieldfare moving through.
2 male BLACKCAPS in the Bradwell Abbey bushes were a nice surprise
Bring on 2014 !!
To get myself further excited , I walked the Flood Plain yesterday ( Thursday 21st November ) with REED BUNTING and 4 COMMON SNIPE the best I could produce - Snipe are very scarce on the patch and these are records 3-7 as Ash had one flying over on 13th
2 new patch birds in 2013 came in the form of a hard weather movement of 15 PINK FOOTED GEESE in early January and a PEREGRINE that hung around for a few minutes before heading off south in April
The Patch list now stands at 102 of which I have seen 98 ...... the Four that I have missed are Pheasant, Common Sandpiper , Ring Necked Parakeet and Garganey - Odd omissions from the list are Goosander , Partridges , Any Wader other than Common Sand, the 2 Snipes and Lapwing , Any Owls other than Barn ( seen twice ) Marsh Tit , Nuthatch, Stonechat , Nightingale and Brambling.
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