A Raven over the car park at 8am was an unexpected bonus and then several Parakeets as I crossed the bridge to the Bittern hide at Fishers green added a more expected tick. From the platform I ticked Canada Goose and a single Barnacle gave me another (wild or not I've stopped worrying with these now). Pochard and Great crested Grebe were expected and bagged before I moved onto the Bittern hide where the Bittern showed really well in this mornings rain. Water Rail is almost always present here and just as I was starting to consider a walk around the lake in the rain for Smew it did the right thing and swam across with a couple of drake Goldeneye, a nice year tick for me and a life tick for the lady sharing the hide with me.
On the walk back I had three Redwing over and a Jay in the farm fields as I drove out was a nice surprise. Back home I ticked House Sparrow in the garden to bring the two day list to 105.
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Year list now 105
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