My most dipped British species is Ring-necked Duck but having seen them in two countries before, I was in no rush to twitch the individual that turned up at Anglers CP, less than an hours drive from my house. But I made plans to visit on my way to Spurn for new years.
On arrival to the site I was disappointed to find the site bursting with families and dogs, but fortunately there was still a wide range of wildfowl on display and, although it took some time, I was able to locate the Ring-necked Duck on the far side of the lake from the hide. Although it spent much of its time asleep, even when I was on the bank closest to it, the bird did finally awake about ten mins before my parking ticket ran out, so that was a bonus. A nice British tick to round off the year.
Species List:
Anglers CP: Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Common Shelduck, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall,
Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Eurasian Teal, Common Pochard, Ring-necked Duck, Tufted
Duck, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Common
Wood Pigeon, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Northern Lapwing, Common Snipe, Black-headed
Gull, Mew Gull, European Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Great Cormorant,
Eurasian Magpie, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Blue Tit, Great Tit, Common Starling, Song
Thrush, Common Blackbird, European Robin, Dunnock, White Wagtail, Common
Chaffinch, Lesser Redpoll, European Goldfinch,
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