18th September 2024
Puddletown Water Meadows - The cattle were in the field by the pool therefore some stealth was required to dodge them and reach the pool without flushing the wildfowl.
A Cattle Egret and a juvenile / 1w male Pintail were the reward for going into stealth mode!
A Red Kite circled the ridge North of Waterbarn Cottages at 1139 before I walked the fields to a new spot which has been on my radar for a while now! Blackcap, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Starling, Robin and a Sparrowhawk that halted the party!
2nd September 2024
Puddletown Water Meadows produced a second record for the farm in a Wood Sandpiper that was with a couple of Green Sandpiper on the pool at Mill Mead. The birds disappeared a couple of times only to re-appear on the same pool! The bird was present for a day!
