02-02-2018 Cloudy.
A visit to Ham Wall this morning in the hopes of seeing the Ferruginous duck, mission accomplished but rather distant views,
Video of Ferruginous duck ,click on link http://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com/p577876181#ha2d841ed
Other birds seen ,
One Sparrow Hawk
One Male Marsh Harrier
One Bittern
One Glossy Ibis
One Little Egret
Ducks, in addition to the Ferruginous duck, http://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com/p577876181#ha2d8875a Teal, Mallard.Tufted Duck, Pochard.
Two pair Little Grebe ,G-c-Grebe,
Moorhen, many Coots and a Water Rail.
28-Jan-2018
Drake Ferruginous Duck present all morning on Walton’s at Ham Wall, keeping with Pochard in-and-out of the far RH reedbed looking out from the two viewing screens.
The Fudge Duck was showing well from VP1 this morning in bright sunshine and because it firstly turned its back to us showing the broad white rump and then flew showing a lot of white in the wings, I learned a bit more about how to spot one. Also 1 Firecrest on the main path towards VP2.