Even more Whoopers

At Collingham Pits this afternoon, the field to the east of Ferry Lane Lake held 40 Whooper Swans - great to see such a large herd - in the company of 56 Mutes. The farmer's brassica crop must have taken a bit of a battering this winter!

Some of the 40 Whoopers 

Not much else at Collingham, and water levels were up on Mons Pool with the islands submerged, so I tried Meering Marsh (aka Besthorpe North), where I had views of a very smart little male Merlin on the fields to the north. It was also good to see that further works have taken place at this site to make the old Eon Lagoon a bit better.

Male Merlin

The old Eon Lagoon at Meering Marsh