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| Virtually invisible Marsh Harrier |
A grey start which rather surprisingly turned into a very nicely lit afternoon with a full tide for most of the visit. This ringed BHG was waiting for handouts from people feeding ducks and swans and luckily sat up on the groyne long enough for this quick snap with the 'nifty fifty'. About 25+ Sanderlings and a handful of Ringed Plovers were roosting on the beach. East side birdless.
Long chat to Mark and a group of students from Reading whilst watching a Marsh Harrier continuously quartering and a lazier Buzzard which eventually dropped off a fence post and gulped down a rodent. The pinging Beardies were never going to show in breezy conditions but a Cetti's did briefly. Highlight were three Golden Plovers, the first I've seen here this winter although I think the fields near Warsash have had fifty or so.
Good to see a decent proportion of juveniles amongst the small numbers of Brent just offshore.
