The star of the Puddletown Water Meadows a juvenile Greater Scaup is still
present spending its sixth day on the Causeway pond. The pond is about 1.5
acres in size and is rarely disturbed. The vegetation around the lake is mature
and there is plenty of weed and food held within its depths! To view the lake without
scattering all the birds upon it a degree of creeping around has to be done. But
first you have to negotiate whatever livestock that may be present within the
environs of the pond!
Spotted Flycatchers were also present in the area of the
pond this afternoon. I am still on the lookout for Redstart and Yellow Wagtail
in the surrounding fields but have not been successful so far.
I completed my rounds visiting Burleston pond just before dusk. A couple of Spotted Flycatchers were also present buzzing over the pond between trees to feed on the ample source of flies!
Tomorrow is set to be a washout with a full program of fixtures at the weekend which will reduce my time at the farm until the beginning of next week!
No comments:
Post a Comment