Day in Bedfordshire

Following an unsuccessful search for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in Lings Wood (Dave being a dam sight more fortunate before I arrived!), we headed over the border into Bedfordshire yesterday (16/02). First it was to Radwell GP near Bedford, by the A6. It wasn't long before we found what we were looking for, 2 Tundra Bean Geese. They were at the back of the pit, loosely associating with the local Greylags, having been there for the last few days.

Priory CP in central Bedford was next. Here we spent a while enjoying the long staying Ferruginous Duck & Black Necked Grebe, both eventually giving excellent close range views. A Bittern had been reported that morning however we failed to catch up with it.

Back in Northants we headed briefly to Ditchford to see a flock of 6 Egyptian Geese in a flooded field just east of Ditchford Lane.

We then finished at Clifford Hill GP where there were simply tonnes of birds! The best of these included 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Shelduck, an adult Yellow Legged Gull, c.200 Golden Plover, a good count of 20 Goosander and big numbers of both Wigeon and Teal.