I wasn't going to do any birding today, I thought I just had too much to do. At about 2pm I thought sod it, I've got a bit of time to spare, so off I went. Traffic was awful, road works on the main road, but I got about 45 minutes in.
There was not alot going on. Very bright sunlight, quiet, peaceful, this beats washing up! There were two egrets, just visiting. Honestly, these birds are becoming more and more frequent. One solitary redshank, about 50 teal, and a scattering of the usual suspects. I thought I saw a strange raptor over the pine trees, but lost it. Then saw it again for quite good views. It was a marsh harrier,we decided, haven't seen many of those around lately.
Main point of interest were shovellers. There were a total of 32 today, I've not seen that many together for a long time. Many of them (about 20 at one stage) were in a raft swimming round and round as if they were stirring up food. I think the water is about 2 feet deep there. I managed to make a small movie clip. I'll put a picture up as well. Next time I must put up anything that's not a shoveller!
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