Out and about between the rain this weekend. With Stewartby
roost probably well watched after RBG and Kittiwakes over the previous two
days, I thought I would try my luck at Grovebury for some fresh air Saturday
evening… and it was fresh especially without gloves. As the gulls built up my
hopes for Kitty increased but there was none doing and a probable Yellow-legged
Gull in the near dark will have to wait for another time to hit the list. A
couple of birds did fly in though and hit the SFYL net, firstly a Shelduck
and then a female Goosander, which joined a male that appeared from nowhere in the far corner so
presumably had been lurking in cover (and had been reported there last week).
So other than plastic Barnacle Goose and maybe plastic RCP,
all the likely wildfowl now on the list and just real scarcities left.
Still fancying a bit of Kitty, and guessing every one else
would be in bed, I had another run round some brick pits on Sunday morning and
scored again nicely with a Slavonian Grebe at Stewartby, though I am mindful
that this could be the Brogborough bird moved along (did that bird also count
for the previous Stew record at the end of Jan?) Three Oyks there and one in
Quest were not new, but three Ringed Plovers through Quest at the start of a
heavy shower were my first in Beds of the year. Duck and swan numbers well down
in Chimney Corner complex but once again had Bittern there, no doubt disturbed
by my arrival over the bank.
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