An
Egyptian Goose turned up on the Lagoon on Wednesday, and after a failed attempt to see it during my lunch break, I had another look at the end of the day and found it right in front of the Observatory.
During my breeding bird survey, I heard the first five
Sedge Warblers of the year, singing around the header pond and Eastern Scrapes. The first
House Martin also flew over with c.15+
Sand Martin and c.40+
Swallow.
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| Egyptian Goose |
After work on Thursday, I went to see the Great Spotted Cuckoo that had been found just south of the Brecon Beacons. It didn't seem very promising on arrival, passing half a dozen birders leaving the site having failed to see it, and being told that it had flown off two hours ago. A small group of us started scanning the hills and after about 15 minutes I picked it up on a fence line just under a mile away. It hopped along the fence line for about 20 minutes, being constantly mobbed by a few Meadow Pipits, and flew off to the right and out of view giving some nice if a little distant flight views.
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| Great Spotted Cuckoo |
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