MONDAY 28 NOVEMBER
A beautiful, calm, crisp early winter's day,
with clear blue skies throughout and a peak temperature of just 4 degrees
Centigrade. Following a mid-morning text from Adam Bassett, I finally connected
with a DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE this year in the county. The bird was at SPADE
OAK PIT, LITTLE MARLOW and was actually Adam's second of the year, following one
earlier in September. This one was highly nervous, swimming at the east end of
the pit and surrounded by Black-headed Gulls. In fact, shortly after I arrived,
it decided to have a fly around but did alight back in the same
place.
Also on site were the Black Swan pair, a
Bar-headed Goose, 4 Egyptian Geese, 90 Teal, 40 Wigeon, 63 Tufted Duck, 43 Great
Crested Grebe, 6 Little Egret, 40 Redwing and 15 Fieldfare
