Belated WeBS

After a lie-in this morning, a visit to Girton Pits was necessary to do the WeBS count which I failed to do last weekend. There was nothing unexpected; single Goldeneye and Red-crested Pochard (a female on Spalford Pit) were the wildfowl highlights, although I also spent some time watching a bathing Sparrowhawk. 

Bathing Sparrowhawk (digi-binned)

Red-crested Pochard

A visit to Collingham then produced 368 Wigeon, 164 Pochard, 2 Pintail, 2 Egyptian Geese and a Common Sand on Ferry Lane Lake, along with a Redshank on the Silt Lagoon. After lunch, a session picking sloes at Meering produced a Merlin, but little else.