Good grief, back to 2014, with rising water levels and struggling to get anywhere around the park, although the levels were lower this morning than those of last night.
I was going to go across the golf course, but the 5-6 dogs charging everywhere quickly dissuaded me there would be any point. So off to the car park field I went, meeting Brian at BSL on the way, then Trevor in the car park itself.
A good scan over the landfill, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Egyptian Geese, lots of Lapwing, 2 Buzzard, but no new ones for me until I picked up something heading in from the North with a powerful wing beat. I watched for a few more seconds thinking wader, or raptor? then as it came over Lodge Wood it veered right to the East and immediately became obvious "Peregrine" I shouted, quickly getting the other chaps onto it. 09:05 in view 09:06 and it was gone, I suspect a male.
Then Trev and I headed for Bittern hide, wading thru just about passable water depths, no sign of Little Grebe, but they were seen yesterday, then I heard Treecreeper and we both then enjoyed good views on nearby trees, along with 2 Nuthatch. Time to go and I went away happy on 70, of the 78 now recorded on the park so far.
Later I came back to check for Golden Plover to the far North, but had to wade up Sandford Lane due to the rivers coming up further. Not long into my watch I picked up about 40 Golden Plover in front of Bowsey Hill fast East, but they were miles away. 71 out of 78.
A good flock of around 1000 Starling were circling and making nice shapes as I waded back to the car, sadly I had to leave before a Little Egret was likely to head North.
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