An excellent four hour walk this morning from the Old Vic out to the Waterstock Thame Catchment and back. Interestingly the diversity was almost as great as at Otmoor RSPB with 65 species Ebird list here . Highlights included four new birds for the 'Worminghall area', Pintail, Gadwall, Shoveler and Great Black-backed Gull. The water levels are high with vast areas of wetland that were attracting good numbers of waterfowl. I couldn't find the goose flock that had the White-front in a few days ago but I could hear them calling from somewhere inaccessible.
Wigeon out on the flooded fields
A distant pair of Pintail
Snipe
Plenty of winter thrushes about (above and below)
More rain is on the way !
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