Kingfisher
Val Lockwood
Lackford Lakes and Lakenheath Fen Sunday, 2nd December 2018 Leader: Ivan Lockwood The rain stopped and the sky cleared and there was a beautiful light by the time we met up in the car park. After running through health and safety Ivan said that we would make our way across to the feeders. A Mistle Thrush was the first bird to be seen, quickly followed by Greenfinches, a Song Thrush and a female Reed Bunting. A few Siskin were picked up feeding on Ash trees and after a Buzzard flew over flushing the Siskin, we counted about 20. It was one of those halcyon days when birds kept appearing and
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I struggled to keep the species list up to date, and look for new birds and those already called, at the same time. Amongst other species seen, there was a flock of Redwing, Yellowhammers, Blackbirds, Lesser Redpoll, mixed tit flocks, Dunnocks, Goldfinches and Bullfinches to add to the growing list, before we decided to move on. The next stop was made by the sailing lake where we picked up a good array of duck species including Gadwall, Shoveler,
Photo: Matt Whitcombe
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