Today I was out on a visit to a local site, Pugneys Country Park, about 20mins drive from home, why was I at Pugneys, I had come down to try and find an American bird the Green winged Teal.
The Green winged Teal was last seen on the nature reserve lake and not the main lake, so I headed out towards the nature reserve lake. Settling into the hide, it was a matter of scanning thru all the ducks on site, there were Tufted Ducks, Cormorants, Grey Herons which seemed to building a nest close to the hide location, one bird was actively flying too and fro with nesting material, mainly large sticks, still scanning, Gulls about were Lesser Black backed Gull, Herring Gull, and Black headed Gull, a few Great Crested Grebe were present along with Coots and Moorhens, but alas no Teal at all.
I then walked over to the other hide, which overlooks the main lake, adding Wigeon and Goldeneye to the day. I then went walking around to the flooded fields, in vain the hope, but only saw a few Blackbirds.
So as a last resort I went back to the Nature Reserve Hide, and once again settled in, with eventually a couple more birders joining me, so with further searching we managed to find some Common Teal, hiding amongst the reeds, and with close scrutiny, I finally managed to find the Green winged, it was really tucked away in the reeds. I kept an eye on it in the hope it was the one, it did eventually give itself up for a brief moment, but positive identification was certain, then it went even deeper into the reeds and not seen again, hence giving no photos’
Another visit on the 16th, didn’t bear fruit either at Pugneys, so I went onto Sands Lane (Mirfield) again in the hope of a Caspian Gull, see video HERE for the results
Birds Seen at Pugneys : Black headed Gull, Blackbird, Cetti’s Warbler, Common Gull, Coot, Cormorant, Goldcrest, Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe, Great Tit, Green winged Teal, Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Lapwing, Lesser Black backed Gull, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pochard, Shoveler, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon (includes birds from the 16th visit) (23)
Birds Seen at Sands Lane : Black headed Gull, Canada Goose, Caspian Gull, Common Gull, Cormorant, Goosander, Grey Wagtail, Herring Gull, Kestrel, Lesser Black backed Gull, Magpie, Mallard, Pied Wagtail (13) (112/200)
Herring Gull
Caspian Gull (First Winter)
Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
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