Sunday 1 April 2012

Kingcombe Meadows & Sutton Bingham - Sun 1 Apr

After lunch I took Tristan out for the afternoon and we set off south and a visit to somewhere different and we found ourselves at the Dorset Wildlife Trust reserve of Kingcombe Meadows, some five miles west of Maiden Newton. We had a walk around part of the reserve for about half an hour. Several Chiffchaffs were singing as were a few Blackcaps. Also, ninety-two days in to the year I finally saw my first Nuthatch of 2012!
With little else about we drove back towards home, stopping off for a while at Sutton Bingham Reservoir. The southern end of the reservoir still held twenty-one Wigeon and a pair of Tufted Duck were also seen. At West Pool another two Wigeon were seen and a single Teal. However, the highlight was a Little Ringed Plover that was sat on the water's edge on West Pool.
 
With time running out and nothing much else to see I set off back home before Tristan got too hungry.
UK list for 2012 now at 162 species.

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