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| The view from Marshside Road across the reserve and on to the Pennines |
A hit-and run lunchtime visit to Marshside for the red-necked phalarope. Sadly, today it was keeping its distance at the far side of Polly's Pool so only pretty poor long-range record shots.
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| Red-necked phalarope with geese and black-tailed godwits |
Nice to see it anyway, it's been twenty-five years since my last one (this is my perennial "There was one here up to a couple of hours ago but it's flown off" bird). A frosty-looking first Winter bird moving like a whirligig up and down the back end of the pool. Even at this distance the needle-thin bill could be seen.
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| Red-necked phalarope with geese and black-tailed godwits |
A friendly birder let me have a look through his telescope for a closer look, which was very good of him.
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| Pink-footed geese |
Plenty more incoming pink-footed geese both on the reserve and commuting between inland fields and the salt marsh.
Walking back to the Marshside Road bus stop I counted seven cattle egrets feeding round the cattle in the field.
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| Cattle egrets |
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| Cattle egrets |
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| Cattle egrets |
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