Friday 4th
An hour or two on Friday was spent walking the South basin of the KGV Reservoir. A smart-looking Black-necked Grebe was found in the southwest corner for a welcome addition to the year list. We scanned the North basin from the causeway and picked out two Scaup among a large raft of Tufted Ducks, and the Red-necked Grebe first seen on the 11th December was also found, this time in the Southeast corner of the North basin, possibly pushed onto the North basin by the presence of windsurfers.
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| Scaup |
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| Black-necked Grebe |
Saturday 5th
This morning we visited Abberton Reservoir and found a single Red Crested Pochard among the rafts of Tufted Ducks and Pochard. Six Cattle Egret were still present at the farm and the viewing area at Abberton Church proved productive with Red-necked and Slavonian Grebe both found in front of the pumping station and eight Bewick's Swan were also seen from here.
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| Cattle |Egret |
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| Snipe |
We returned to Layer Breton Causeway and found the Long-tailed Duck among the massive rafts of Tufted Ducks and Pochard that had moved across from the main reservoir. It was still some distance from the causeway.
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| Long-tailed Duck |
The White-fronted Geese however were very close to the causeway, and within the flock of thirty-one White-fronts, there was a single Pink-footed Goose. On the opposite side of the causeway, we counted at least seven Great Egrets and found a redhead Smew feeding in front of the reeds.
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| White-fronted and Pink-footed Geese |
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| Smew |
A cold but very enjoyable morning, two new additions to the year list brought up the 150, but it was nice just to enjoy some close views of some special birds.
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