Since the changeover from February to March there's been a few more interesting birds turning up at Beddington Farmlands and adding to the ever-building excitement for spring. Marcus Kohler found a Rock Pipit on 26th Feb (last one here was 2021). It was last seen on 4th March. Also in March has been: an Oystercatcher that I found on the 2nd that stayed until the 5th, the site's first singing Blackcap of the year on the 3rd, a Raven on the 5th, Glenn's Great White Egret on the 8th and a Curlew found by Derek Coleman on the 10th. Yesterday I had the first Sand Martins of the year turn up. They briefly fed around the southern half of the North Lake before vanishing. A small passage of Mediterranean Gulls also started up here this weekend. I had two adults yesterday and then two adults and a 2nd cycle bird today (one of which I believe to be one of the birds from Saturday) on Phase 3 Wet Grassland whilst Nick Gardner had another 4 birds on Phase 1 Wet Grassland at the same time. Interestingly, Rich Seargent reported a total of 12 Med Gulls from Tice's Meadow today as well so seems to have been a movement across Surrey today. Full eBird list from today here. Things are obviously picking up now and soon we should have our first Little Ringed Plovers back and a Wheatear or two as well. Last year we had to wait until April for our first Wheatear of the year here so I hope we aren't made to wait that long again!
2nd March:
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| Female Pheasant |
.JPG "Little Grebe") |
| Little Grebe |
Oystercatcher above and below
Long-tailed Tits below:
.JPG "Water Pipit") |
| Water Pipit |
3rd March:
.JPG "Greylag Goose") |
| Greylag Goose |
.JPG "Rock Pipit") |
| Rock Pipit |
7th March:
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| Greylag x Canada Goose hybrid |
.JPG "Male Pheasant") |
| Male Pheasant |
.JPG "Skylark") |
| Skylark |
.JPG "Redwing") |
| Redwing |
11th March:
Adult Mediterranean Gulls below:
.JPG "Adult Summer Plumage Mediterranean Gull") |
| A lovely full summer plumage! |
.JPG "Adult Mediterranean Gull") |
| Can just make out some white on the face around the base of the bill on this individual |
.JPG "Sand Martin") |
| Sand Martin |
And then from today (12th March):
.JPG "Greylag x Canada Goose hybrid") |
| Greylag x Canada Goose hybrid (appears to have paired up with a Canada Goose on 100 Acre) |
Male Wigeon below:
.JPG "Adult Summer Plumage Mediterranean Gull") |
| Adult Med Gull |
.JPG "2nd cycle Mediterranean Gull") |
| 2nd cycle Med Gull |
.JPG "Adult and 2nd cycle Mediterranean Gull") |
| Adult and 2nd cycle Med Gull |
.JPG "Little Grebe")
.JPG "Oystercatcher")
.JPG "Long-tailed Tit")
.JPG "Long-tailed Tit")
.JPG "Water Pipit")
.JPG "Greylag Goose")
.JPG "Rock Pipit")
.JPG "Male Pheasant")
.JPG "Skylark")
.JPG "Redwing")
.JPG "Adult Summer Plumage Mediterranean Gull")
.JPG "Adult Summer Plumage Mediterranean Gull")
.JPG "Adult Summer Plumage Mediterranean Gull")
.JPG "Adult Summer Plumage Mediterranean Gull")
.JPG "Adult Mediterranean Gull")
.JPG "Sand Martin")
.JPG "Greylag x Canada Goose hybrid")
.JPG "Male Wigeon")
.JPG "Male Wigeon")
.JPG "Male Wigeon")
.JPG "Adult Summer Plumage Mediterranean Gull")
.JPG "2nd cycle Mediterranean Gull")
.JPG "Adult and 2nd cycle Mediterranean Gull")
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