My first full post of the New Year records a morning around Eyworth Pond in the New Forest. All the usual local birds give a splash of colour on another dull day. Also, a few young Fallow deer were on the move on the edge of the woodland.
A Snipe or Two!
The last bird-watching trip of 2022. A walk around Titchfield Haven in the wind and rain on a really dull morning. Not good for taking photographs with slow shutter speeds and poor colours due to the conditions. Although a nice walk around with few other people venturing out.
A Marsh Harrier hunting the small waders.
The Mash Harrier has a wingspan of about 4 feet. There are only about 600 pairs in the UK. This bird is a male. (the female has a creamy head).
High numbers of Common Snipe were on the ponds today. In the UK some 66,500 pairs are present in the breading season however these numbers increase to 1.1 million birds during our winter months.
As well as the Snipe Lapwing numbers also increase during the Winter to some 635,000 birds.
See you next year.
Little Egret has a shake after half an hour of fishing.
#Wordless Wednesday
Oystercatchers Eastney Beach Portsmouth.
Snipe feeding on the field at Titchfield haven this morning.
A cold and frosty morning at the coast this morning at 10.30 am but most people appear to be at home!
Teal
Lapwing.
A cold bright morning Great Crested Grebe and a Shoveler Duck on calm water.
Continued Reflections from my World. 