Saturday 17th February a.m.
I arrived at Redcar Tarn with heavy rain and a temperature of 2°C, the advantage here being you can view the birds from the car. There were 83
Canadas, 21
Tufteds and good numbers of
BH Gulls,
Mallards and
Coots.After a while the rain eased so I had a walk along Tarn Lane seeing 83
Lapwings with 20
Starlings feeding in the field with them.I then had a walk around the Tarn adding
Muscovy Duck, Chaffinch, Moorhen, Common Gull and
Herring Gull. The rain started heavier again so I rushed back to the car and resumed my watch from there. A
Pied Wagtail came close and so I was able to wind down the car window and get a decent pic. I then noticed a smaller goose which looked a bit different, through the bins I could see it was a
Pink-footed Goose, a first for me at Redcar Tarn. It was still raining but I was able to get some pictures with the car window down, after a while it came out of the water for some more pics, sending me off home happy.
Nigel.
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| Pink-footed Goose |
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| Coot with leg ring C14 |
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| Herring Gull |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Tufted Duck |
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| Redcar Tarn 17/2/2018 |
Nice one with the Pinkfoot Nigel.
ReplyDeleteJohn
Thanks John, it was a nice surprise.
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