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Sunday morning again and after a quick bowl of Credit Crunch I drove south of the Ribble. Time to share hides with the eminent birders Karl Zerhyse, Nick Hon and Sir Robsky: Martin Mere WWT was heaving with birds again today, mainly
Pink-footed Geese. The mere was "infested" with the blighters this morning, honking and tussling, sometimes fleeing from scrapping
Whooper Swans.
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No sign of yesterday's Pectoral Sandpiper but the
Ruddy Shelduck was certainly easy to see in front of the Swanlink Hide on the mere.
Female Ruddy Shelduck with Pink-footed Geese, Martin Mere 12 October 2008.
Now I think that quackers get a pretty raw deal and I spend many winter hours looking through rafts of wildfowl but I still can't get too excited about these things to be honest. Very nice in the Autumn morning sunshine though. Apart from the Ruddy Shelduck, the Pinks and a few Whoopers there were a few
Pochard, a couple of
Ruddy Duck and a handful of
Ruff on the mere.
Male and female / imm'
Marsh Harrier pestering birds from the Ron Barker Hide, where I spent a fair bit of time hoping for the Pec' to materialise. Just a
Dunlin, single
Golden Plover, 7
Black-tailed Godwits, 20+
Snipe and several Ruff on show though. A nice pair of
Stonechats on the fence plus a
Kingfisher from the United Utilities Hide were the only small stuff of note.
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Sunday morning again and after a quick bowl of Credit Crunch I drove south of the Ribble. Time to share hides with the eminent birders Karl Zerhyse, Nick Hon and Sir Robsky: Martin Mere WWT was heaving with birds again today, mainly Pink-footed Geese. The mere was "infested" with the blighters this morning, honking and tussling, sometimes fleeing from scrapping Whooper Swans.+004.JPG)
No sign of yesterday's Pectoral Sandpiper but the Ruddy Shelduck was certainly easy to see in front of the Swanlink Hide on the mere. 
Female Ruddy Shelduck with Pink-footed Geese, Martin Mere 12 October 2008.
Now I think that quackers get a pretty raw deal and I spend many winter hours looking through rafts of wildfowl but I still can't get too excited about these things to be honest. Very nice in the Autumn morning sunshine though. Apart from the Ruddy Shelduck, the Pinks and a few Whoopers there were a few Pochard, a couple of Ruddy Duck and a handful of Ruff on the mere.
Male and female / imm' Marsh Harrier pestering birds from the Ron Barker Hide, where I spent a fair bit of time hoping for the Pec' to materialise. Just a Dunlin, single Golden Plover, 7 Black-tailed Godwits, 20+ Snipe and several Ruff on show though. A nice pair of Stonechats on the fence plus a Kingfisher from the United Utilities Hide were the only small stuff of note.
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