I was the only person at Northwick Warth this morning and it wasn’t really surprising as it was bitterly cold. However, there was plenty of bird action to maintain my interest and encourage me to stay.
There were large flocks of wigeon, dunlin and redshank and 3 oystercatchers on the water’s edge, 50+ curlew and 40+ shelduck on the warth (warth is an old or dialect word for a river bank or a flat meadow beside a river or estuary especially along the Severn estuary).
Redshank
Redshank and dunlin
Dunlin in flight
Redshank
2 redshank and a dunlin
A wigeon escaped the flock
Mixed flock of wigeon and dunlin
Oystercatchers join the dunlin and redshank
2 curlew in flight
Oystercatcher and a dunlin
Wigeon
Redshank in flight
Dunlin in flight
Curlew flying with dunlin
Flock of dunlin
Dunlin
Mixed flocks
And a few others before driving home:
Starling
Robin
House sparrow (male)
House sparrow (female)
Click below for gallery of photos from this morning:
I guess you mean 1st February?
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I always like to think I’m ahead of myself. Thanks.
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