tuesday 17 febuary 2009 day 3 of holiday

no idea what we were doing today so decided to go to a town which was small so didnt stay there. then we stumbled across a wildlife trust nature reserve so had a look around that with some impressive results

large twite flock

little egret

merlin yay my first ever. it flew right past us and i was suprised to see how small it is in comparison to a kestrel.

shoveler

canada geese

widgeon

shelduck

also there were:

inumerable herring gulls

2 skylark

5 semi-wild emperor geese

barnacle geese

red breasted mergansers

teals