Cold, dry and sunny, light airs - Another fabulous winter`s day of weather and ideal for a run out with my grandson, aka the Apprentice Birder. Now, he does love a list and we kicked off in fine style with a pair of Little Owls on the barns at Hammond`s Corner. Onto the bird reserve and four White-fronts were noted on the Boulderwall fields along with Golden Plovers, Lapwings, a Curlew, a Great White Egret and a Kingfisher on Cook`s Pool. There was nothing new on the pits with a Great Northern Diver and a Long-tailed Duck still on New Diggings, several Goldeneyes on Burrowes and five Cattle Egrets on the paddocks at Cockles Bridge. Next stop the Scotney sand pit where Owen had earlier found two Bean Geese of the tundra variety on the flooded pit towards the farm and where we had distant views of them amongst a large flock of Greylags. Also noted several Shelducks, 50 Wigeons, two Dabchicks and a Green Sandpiper, while on the walk back to the car we had good views of the Tree Sparrow flock, now about 150 strong. A decent enough afternoon then with three lifers for the Apprentice amongst a tally of 57 species; not too shabby for three hours.
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