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Monday 22 March 2010

First Coot returns to Felbrigg Lake

A walk along the golf course produced a few more singing Chiffchaffs, but little else on the migrant front.

A trip up to Felbrigg Park was rewarded with the Firecrests continuing to show well on and off, and a number of Crossbills flying over and feeding in the larches. A walk down to the lake failed to produce any Mandarins, but a Coot was a real surprise as they had all moved off when the lake had frozen over before Christmas and had not returned until now. Somewhat strangely it was a very shy individual, spending all of its time hiding under the over hanging branches in the back corner, and seemed totally reluctant to come out into the open water.
Many frogs and toads were around the lake and in the feeder stream, and you really had to be careful where you were walking to avoid stepping on them as they were crossing over the paths.