The next day I headed back there again, this time with camera in tow. Thankfully the bird was still present and showed really well again. The light was shite, but actually I ended up with a pretty decent set of shots.
Haven't had the chance to get out too much recently however have been over to Boddington Reservoir a couple of times. Finding stuff there is hard work but it does have some great habitat & is certainly worth persevering with. Last Sunday (09/11) the weather was awesome early on, being perfectly still with bright sun. Best birds were a showy pair of Willow Tit (below), a couple of Lesser Redpoll, a Kingfisher and best of all a late fly-over Rock Pipit calling away, a belated county tick! Wildfowl there are generally rather thin on the ground so a small group consisting of 2 Pochard, 2 Tufties & a male Wigeon was pretty noteworthy.
On (Sunday 16/11) I had a look at the gull roost at Boddington. There were the usual good numbers of Black Headed & Common with smaller numbers of Lesser Black Backs, c.5 Herring & a very dapper adult Yellow Legged Gull. Very little else about other than a couple of resident Tree Sparrows.
