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Tuesday 29th Jan 0 sunny, 7 degrees, calm, almost high tide.

 

Smew - 2 male, 1 female

Tufted

Coot

Ruddy duck

Wigeon

Blackbird

Crow

Rook

Starling

Magpie

Chiffchaff

Great tit

Cormorant

Greylag

Canada

Brent

Little grebe

Great crested

Slavonian - male yay

Black headed

Herring

Lesser

Greater

Pintail

Shoveler

Goldeneye

Shag

Wood pigeon

Mallard

Teal

Gadwall

Pheasant

Stonechat

Lapwing

 

Probably others, but I do not keep a list.

 

 

 

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From the visitor centre, turn left (turn right if you are facing the visitor centre) and go along about 200 yards to the Fitch hide (that's the first hide you come to - the second hide is just a few more yards away).

 

From the Fitch hide, you can see a small sandbank to your left, only a few yards away, and a series of small reed areas. The slavonian is there, and the black necked was only a few yards away - to tell them apart is not that easy, but the black necked has a red eye (it is the only grebe that has that colour) - both are in winter plumage, so both are predominantly black and white - the slav has more white areas on the face and sides.

 

But whenever you find a slav, always check for black necked, as they tend to keep together in the winter.

 

There are also a lot of great crested and little grebes in that area, so you might be able to get all four in the same scope.

 

 

 

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