18:00 > 18:30
11c Rain and lots of it.
Walking home from work I was already soaked before I passed the entrance to the Farm so thought I'd take a short detour across the Ridge and back up the canal towpath, after all I couldn't get any wetter. Gulls were the order of the day on arrival with around 300, on the whole Black Headed Gulls, out at the waters edge. However something spooked them skywards and off to roost leaving an incredible 11, yes eleven, Little Egrets feeding in the margins. That number was probably higher as there are usually a couple at least in the inlet too at the moment. Certainly a record for the site.
There was me pontificating on Saturday (see below) about it being a little bit of southern France in North Bucks well today was more like a wet January weekend in Morecombe but all the same one impressive sight. I'm guessing this is some kind of pre-roost of birds before they head off to Linford for the night.
A big influx of wildfowl too, though how wild the 50 strong Mallard flock is debatable but nine Teal added a bit of spice. Apart from that the only other birds of note were two Green Sandpipers and a very lonesome Lapwing.
The heavy rain was refilling some of the higher pools so the site may be worth a look or two in the coming days.
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