January 10th
A Good day on the patch at Hollesley, a Ring tailed harrier headed south through the site, spotted originally at Snape. Dogs flushed a Jack Snipe from the side of the path, Pipit numbers were up today with plenty of meadow and Rock with the 3 Water pipits. 38 White fronted geese in flight towards Boyton when a Bittern took of south, a Raven over whilst watching the Cattle Egret, but bird of the day a Mallard x Pintail hybrid.
Towards Boyton, 2 Pinkfooted Geese with the hundreds of Greylags and 110 Whitefronts, 14 Bean Geese too.
January 11th
Gulls were on the cards today with a 1st Winter Caspian Gull and 3 Northern Herring Gulls, the water was frozen so there wasn't much else about. In my garden a male and female Blackcap.
1st Winter Caspian Gull
January 18th
Another week gone so the weekends here again with more gulls, 2 Northern Herring Gulls and a near adult Caspian Gull. 35 Tufted ducks dropped in maybe a record total, Short-eared owl and the Cattle Egret again.
January 25th
Today 9 Caspian Gulls, of all ages, 4 Yellow legged gull. 3 Ruff 9 Dunlin and 50 Golden plover with the lapwings. first pic is a hybrid Herring gull x Caspian.
1st Winter Caspian Gull
3rd winter Caspian Gull
Adult Caspian Gull
31st January
Great day today walked Hollesley to Boyton and picked up a few good birds starting with 19 Bean Geese on Hollesley flash, birds seen at Boyton but now here.
The Cattle egret was still on site. Half way to Boyton I could see 2 Bewick Swans on the Boyton flash, a bird that had been seen during the week and luckily it stayed for me. Whilst watching the Swans 3 Buggling Common Cranes flew over but really high.
I moved closer to the flash getting nice views of the Bewick Swans, just as 3 Spoonbill dropped in, 2 adults and a juv. I looked through the Whitefronts when I picked up the 2 Pink footed geese again. other birds of note 22 Barnacle geese, 2 Brent geese and 12 Ruff.
