Whilst Ted was at the groom room, I had a walk around Radipole; my first trip here this year. Plenty to see and quite a few firsts for the year. In fact I recorded 37 Species with 10 firsts for the year, bringing my 2025 total to 68 species.
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
Cormorant
1 Little Egret
Mute Swan
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Pochard
Water Rail
Moorhen
Coot
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Common Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
2 Cetti's Warbler
5 Chiffchaff
1 Goldcrest
10+ Bearded Tit
Long-tailed Tit
1 Coal Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
2 Bullfinch
2 Reed Bunting
My first..............
.............Little Egret of the year.
A flotilla of Tufted Duck
And another first for the year was this Common Gull in front of the visitors centre
One of the many..............
...............friendly Robins on the reserve.
And a grab shot of my first Goldcrest of the year.
Things aren't as they seem. This Long-tailed Tit was sat on a branch just a few feet from me. Not.......
...........something they would do naturally. And judging by its closed eyes this is I believe a sick bird!!
Two male Bullfinches along the Buddleia Loop. Apparently there was also a female close by.
And a male Reed Bunting, with a female close by.