Naturelog: 3rd January

Pete,

The first visit of the year to London Wetland Centre. In truth, it seemed very quiet with no sightings of any of the wintering specialities (Eurasian Bittern; WAter Pipit; Jack Snipe) during the day, so I was surprised to find that I had seen 37 species in the period of a couple of hours I was there.

  • Canada Geese
  • Northern Shovellor
  • Grey Heron
  • Moorhen
  • Eurasian Wigeon
  • Robin
  • Eygptian Geese
  • Morrhen
  • Tufted Duck

Undoubtedly, the highlight of the visit was watching the pair of Peregrine Falcons hunting over the marsh and lake for about 10 minutes giving a wonderful display of acrobatics.

Published by Pete

I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.

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