Sunday 28 February 2016

Martin Mere

A chilly but sunny visit to Martin Mere.
We haven't been for a while and find it has all changed: fences moved, trees chopped down, new hides built. Still the same birds, though!

Families of Whooper Swans

Shelduck

Whooper Swan

Ross's goose (?)

Greylag Goose

Shelduck

Shelduck

Snowdrops

A bit of excitement at Kingfisher Hide as a Water Rail briefly wandered out of the undergrowth, before wandering back in again.

Water Rail

View from the new Discovery hide

"Whooping" Whooper Swans

Tree Sparrow