30 Jan - a successful winter day's birding. I started with the Great Grey Shrike (4, copyright Adam Hartley) found recently near Oxford, and it showed well after a short wait, so next stop Blashford Lakes S of Salisbury. 4 Bramblings (3,JM) were around the feeding station together with Siskins and Redpolls in the finch flock. Nearby at Harbridge in the Avon valley, 8 Bewick's Swans were with the Mutes and the Great White Egret was in the reeds upstream.
I then moved on to Ferrybridge near Weymouth, where, despite distant views due to the low tide, 15 Med Gulls (1,JM - taken last winter here) showed well from the causeway, a mixture of adult and immature plumages. Also seen where Dark-bellied Brent Geese (2, JM) and Red-breasted Mergansers. 5 Black-necked Grebes were in Portland Harbour.
Finally, Hayling and Langstone Harbour gave a good selection of waders, including Avocet, Greenshank and Bar-tailed Godwit amongst the commoner species.
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