Beddington Farm - Vanishing Snow!!

The snow has disappeared quicker than it arrived and it felt like shorts and T Shirt weather today! Most of the country is still snowbound which means the possibility of more displaced birds looking for feeding grounds. I had been hoping for a movement of grey geese during the harsh weather but this has not materialized thus far!

The prize of the day was not a shorebird or geese but an adult Mediterranean Gull which was on the South Lake sharing the ice with Black-headed Gulls.

Med Gulls used to be common place during the winter months but they are becoming rarer with very few sightings. I did however witness a passage of forty birds over the Farm during late April last year.

Some of the shorebirds have remained on the Farm with Ruff, Dunlin and Golden Plover on the lagoon and sludge beds in the SE corner. A Dartford Warbler was present on the North side of the mound. Water pipit was along the edges of the only remaining lagoon. Fieldfare and redwing were numerous in the SE corner.