Decisions. Got to work at 7am this morning – 2 hours early. Now should I get ahead of the game and knuckle down to some work or should I spend an hour getting some fresh air a bit of needed exercise and do a bit of birding as a bonus?
No contest.
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| South Fambridge from the seawall |
South Fambridge has a lot to offer. A walk along the seawall gives you on one side, the Crouch estuary and on the other arable farmland.
Reed Buntings were quite active and singing in the reeds that fringe the farmland fields.
Skylarks too were taking to the air but invisible to see against the brilliant blue but bright sky.
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| Reed Bunting |
On the river Crouch, a single
Brent Goose bobbed about amongst the moored boats. But overhead, hundreds of skeins of Brent Geese flew up and down the estuary. Along the edge of the shore, a single
Black-tailed Gowit probed the mud surrounded by
Wigeon,
Shelduck and
Redshank. On the opposite side, small groups of
Dunlin, Golden Plover and
Curlews while
Lapwings stood motionless, waiting for something exciting to happen, no doubt.
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| Brown Hare |
In the ploughed fields, a
Brown Hare stood out but was quite distant.
Pheasants paraded around the periphery of adjacent fields while a
kestrel hung its head as it watched the grass from the overhead wires.
Two years ago, I would have probably have spent this hour, stuck on a cramped tube train. I’m a lucky man.
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