Bird watching from Eldernell car park on the Nene Washes on the afternoon of 21/10/2023. Quite overcast a moderate breeze and, after a rather wet day yesterday, with some large puddles in the fields.
14 Cranes in fields a bit east of The Decoy. These included a family party with a juvenile and a bigger group of 6 which flew in about 15:45 and flew off west when disturned by a farmer getting in his cows.
Plenty of bird of prey activity with 3-4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzards, 3 Kites and 4-5 Kestrels. The only owl I saw was the Tawny Owl in its usual tree hole in Lord's Holt.
Not many wildfowl about: small numbers of Mallard and Shoveller flying about, plus 1 skein of Canada Geese and a couple of skeins of Greylags. Lots of Shoveller and Wigeon, a few Gadwall and a handful of Tufty and Pochard on Eldernell Pit. At one point a large and rather distant flock of Lapwing, Golden Plover and Starling were put up by a female Marsh Harrier.
Cetti's Warbler singing. 3 Roe Deer on the banks of the Nene.
Travel: 26.6 miles, 5KWh, 100% PV.
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