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Darcia came down to visit the reserve. Living in Wiltshire she doesn’t often see the variety of coastal habitats we have here and she was also keen to see a White-tailed Eagle if possible.  Before she arrived I walked out to the beach and had five Lesser Redpoll calling overhead and one of the DartfordContinue reading “Tuesday 26th October 2021”

Around three hundred corvids lifted up from the Venner area as I was driving past the Reedy Ditch. I decided to head down to the beach first thing to listen for finch passage. The bubbling calls of Curlew and the mournful calls of Grey Plover greeted me as I reached the water. I met upContinue reading “Saturday 23rd October 2021”

I spent a week on Scilly in mid-October and we enjoyed some very warm unseasonal weather. Highlights were Serin, Rustic Bunting, Wryneck, Bluethroat and Red-rumped Swallow. Back at Needs Ore, Thursday 19th was a blustery but mild day. The male White-tailed Eagle flew level with the Sluice as I was driving to the Sailing Club,Continue reading “Tuesday 19th October 2021”

A cold start had me debating whether gloves and a woolly hat were required. I pulled over at the Reedy Ditch and noticed both White-tailed Eagles in the tree tops in the Venner and Black Water area. As I got to the end of the Main Hedge, one of the Eagles was in view flyingContinue reading “Wednesday 6th October 2021”