{"id":2152,"date":"2016-03-17T21:15:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T00:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2016-03-17T21:15:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T00:15:17","slug":"14-march-2016-pennington-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/2152","title":{"rendered":"14 March, 2016 – Pennington Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"

I revisited Pennington Flash with only two hours available, so divided my time between the Bunting Hide (with feeders) and the Teal and Tom Edmondson hides (for water fowl).<\/p>\n

The Bunting hide was lavish in its\u00a0food offerings, with perhaps the cheekiest little bird being this cute long-tailed tit.<\/p>\n

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Long-tailed Tit<\/p><\/div>\n

In fact there were lots of these tiny little birds – they really are delicate little\u00a0things, and very attractive.<\/p>\n

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Long-tailed Tits on feeder<\/p><\/div>\n

Food tables were also well attended:<\/p>\n

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Blackbird (male)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pair of bullfinches (male at left)<\/p><\/div>\n

And even a moorhen had hopped onto a food table<\/p>\n

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Moorhen, unusually at food table<\/p><\/div>\n

Other passerines were around the feeding area: chaffinches …<\/p>\n

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Chaffinch (female)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Chaffinch (male)<\/p><\/div>\n

… a nuthatch …<\/p>\n

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Nuthatch<\/p><\/div>\n

.. a cheeeky reed bunting …<\/p>\n

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Reed Bunting (male)<\/p><\/div>\n

… and a Blue tit.<\/p>\n

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Blue Tit<\/p><\/div>\n

Water fowl seen included: shovellers<\/p>\n

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Male and female shovellers<\/p><\/div>\n

… teal …<\/p>\n

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a teal<\/p><\/div>\n

.. and, skulking in the undergrowth, a water rail …<\/p>\n

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Water Rail (half hidden}<\/p><\/div>\n

… who eventually revealed himself<\/p>\n

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Water rail out in the open<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, as I was leaving, I saw a male gadwall swimming on the big lake at the entrance.<\/p>\n

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Gadwall (male)<\/p><\/div>\n

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