The plan was to have an away day once the Ferruginous Duck
had been confirmed as still being on the Postbox pool at Lodmoor RSPB. I
arrived in the nick of time having a brief view in the telescope before it
joined three Pochard completed a couple of low circuits of the area and flew
off NW towards Radipole RSPB. The regulars upped sticks and made their way to
look for the bird at Radipole.
I stayed at Lodmoor keeping my eye on whatsapp in
anticipation of the bird being re-located at Radipole. The east scrape was
loaded with ducks, gulls and a flock of Golden Plover who intermittently took
to the sky performed a wheeling display before coming back down to earth.
A Marsh Harrier was the cause of all the commotion on one occasion
small flocks of Snipe joined the now busy airways!
A single Dark Bellied Brent Goose was found in amongst the
Canada Geese before the news broke that the Ferruginous Dusk had been found in
the open water between the shelter and the tennis courts. A brisk walk and a
short drive later I was at Radipole obtaining sun lit views of the bird thanks
to Martin Cade!
The final task of the day was to get some pictures of the duck. This involved another yomp and almost a swim as the paths were very flooded en-route to the shelter! After some good banter with the regular Band of Birders I made my way back to the truck. Thanks Roly!
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