A quick detour on our way home and when we arrived at Ringwood we headed north for a few miles and parked near the church in the village of Harbridge. We soon found the field of swans and started scanning through the Mute Swans and before long located five Bewick's Swans and eventually the single Whooper Swan. A nice and easy bit of birding and so we headed back south and stopped off at Blashford Lakes for a quick visit.
We walked down to Ivy Lake and the south hide, seeing more Siskins and a couple of Lesser Redpolls along the way, and a Nuthatch was heard calling above us. We could not find the elusive Ferruginous Duck from the hide, and according to other birders it had not been seen all day. However, I did pick up my first Kingfisher of the year and a Green Sandpiper was showing well on the opposite bank.
We then walked back to the car and again headed off towards home.
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