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: