Grafham Water - 6 October 2012

A lovely bright morning with a north-westerly breeze, spent 4 hours along the dam and immediate area...

16 Litle Egrets in trees west of Plummer, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, 6 Golden Plovers over west, 2 Snipe south, c.60 Skylarks south, 5 Swallows south, 120 Meadow Pipits mostly south with c 80 in the vicinity of the dam, 2 Rock Pipits on the dam with possibly a third over SW, 14 Alba Wagtails south with greatly reduced numbers on the ground  c.25 and with one almost certainly a White Wagtail, 19 Redpolls over south, c130 Goldfinches and c 90 Linnets.

Rock Pipit

Rock Pipit 

the joy of dots or 6 Golden Plovers (one obscured)

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