Landed at Frampton at approx 8:45am, after a 2 1/2 hours drive, traffic conditions were good on the way down, weather started off dull and overcast, but brightened up as I travelled south.
Got the gear together after which the first stop would be toilets, the Visitor Centre doesn’t open till 10am but fortunately there was an outside toilet open. So everything sorted on set off, stopping close by to scan the marsh adjacent to the visitor centre, seeing plenty of Dunlin, Ruff, Lapwing and a few Avocet. Moving on further down the Marsh, stopping about half way along to scan again due to me a large flock of birds which turned out to be Black tailed Godwit, which also had a few Ruff mixed in, more Dunlin nearby but also this time a few Little Stint mixed in, plus Curlew Sandpipers and Snipe.
I walked on down towards the saltmarsh seeing Little Egret and Cattle Egret, Pied Wagtail on the marsh and a fly over Yellow Wagtail. Nothing much on the saltmarsh when I got there, a few Crows, Linnets and Meadow Pipits on the small pools, nearby Black headed Gulls and Herring Gulls, fly over Swallows and House Martins.
I eventually called in at the East Hide and had time photographing a few Little Egrets, after which I walked on to the Reedbed Hide, where I saw approx 18 Spoonbills. The last port of call for today was the 360° hide where there were more waders, namely, Dunlin, Ruff, Pied wagtails, Greylag Geese and a nice fly thu juvenile Peregrine.
After my lunch I decided a walk along the top path, near the car park, along here I found Speckled Wood, Green veined White, Red Admiral and Comma Butterflies, along with Common Darter, Ruddy Darter and Migrant Hawker Dragonflies, and a few Willow Emerald damselflies.
I finally decided on a walk near to the Visitor Centre, left side looking at the Visitor Centre, and here there were more Common Darters, but also lots of Migrant Hawkers, one did eventually land and I filled my boots with photos.
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Bird List : Avocet, Black headed Gull, Black tailed Godwit, Canada Goose, Cattle Egret, Cormorant, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Goldfinch, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, House Martin, Kestrel, lapwing, Linnet, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Little Stint, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Peregrine, Pintail, Ruff, Shelduck, Shoveler, Snipe, Starling, Stock Dove, Swallow, Teal, Wigeon, Woodpigeon, Yellow Wagtail. (36)
Butterfly List : Comma, Green veined White, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood
Dragonfly List : Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Ruddy darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly
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