Broom East GPs

More interest this morning at Broom East when a juvenile Marsh Harrier appeared from the south and flew over the reserve heading off north.  It was seen again around 90 minutes later when a group of agitated corvids alerted me to its presence suggesting that it may have been feeding around the nearby fields.

There was plenty of interest on the pits with my first Wigeon of the autumn, a group of eight feeding beyond the spit.  Wildfowl numbers were up with a count of 35 Teal counted across the reserve.  Two Egyptian Goose were new in presumably commuting across from Peacocks.  

Four Common Snipe were feeding in the shallows, the water levels are particularly low at the moment, with a mobile Common Sandpiper there.  

Late migrants included a Sedge Warbler flushed out of the long grass on the west side, two flyover Yellow Wagtail, a Swallow, single Willow Warbler, and around 30 Meadow Pipit.

Around midday a surprise juvenile Hobby burst through feeding for around five minutes before departing.