WWT

2 Nov - The forecast of a sunny calm morning, and a visit to WWT for the early access, and wonderful early morning light on the duck on the scrapes, which were frozen round the edges. Teal and Shoveler glowing in breeding plumage, a Water Rail creeping along the reed edge on the ice, and a scattering of Snipe - together with a wheeling flock of about 80 Golden Plover over the Severnside fields, with Lapwings, Dunlin, Curlew and a Ruff also present. The first lone Bewick's Swan of the winter, Indri, was being pursued around the Rushy by the very aggressive resident Mutes, and will be glad when more of her compatriots arrive...... A quick walk at Blakehill in the evening conditions revealed no SEOs but a nice male Stonechat was very active.