Monday 22 December 2014

Pied Wagtails and a Corn Bunting

Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba
Saturday morning was spent at Arundel WWT where Cormorants fished in front of the hide and Lapwings and Black-headed Gulls performed more acrobatics. Then I visited The Burgh where I spotted a Kestrel hovering behind a hedge. It swooped and I was able to watch it tuck into a small mammal which looked like a vole. A flock of Pied Wagtails and a Goldfinch washed in the puddles by the gate at the bottom of the first dip. A Corn Bunting tucked itself into a tree at the second dip and a Short-eared Owl briefly flew and perched on a fence post and a bird feeder. Sunset was a spectacle.
Cormorant with fish, Phalacrocorax carbo



Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
Little Grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
Little Grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
female and male Shelduck
Shoveler, Anas clypeata
Teal, Anas crecca
female Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula
Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula
Tufted Ducks
male Tufted Duck
The Burgh:
Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus



Kestrel eating vole, Falco tinnunculus
high flyers
Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis

Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba









Corn Bunting, Emberiza calandra

Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl












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