Friday 13 March 2020

The Wandle Trail - Poulters Park and Beddington Farmlands!


I returned to the River Wandle at Poulters Park this afternoon to catch up with the Yellow Browed Warbler which did show briefly in the area of the small industrial area. One of the Siberian Chiffchaff was associating with a Firecrest which was busy feeding during the spells of sunshine.

I spent the evening with Pete Alfrey covering the hides along the permissible footpath to Beddington Farmlands. A Green Sandpiper was viewed feeding along the exposed muddy edges in front of the hide at the proposed area of wet grassland.

Five Shelduck were also noted: four on the wet grassland and one on the north lake. There were a reasonable number of gulls the main purpose of the visit but nothing of note was found before the majority departed to roost on the reservoirs. Half a dozen Snipe were observed feeding on a small island on the north lake. A full list will be posted on ebird.

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