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| Eurasian curlew |
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| Eurasian curlew |
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| Little egret |
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| Dunnock |
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| Carrion crow |
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| Roe deer with fawn |
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| Cattle egrets with some cattle |
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| When the cattle moved into the next field, the egrets came closer to the hide we were in |
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| And gave us some nice views |
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| We saw at least ten with one random little egret among them |
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| At the last stop - we saw an even larger group |
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| Ring-necked pheasant |
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| Eurasian wren taking a dust bath |
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| Long-tailed tit |
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| Long-tailed tit |
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| Likely a common chiffchaff - we heard and saw several. It could instead be a willow warbler, but hard to be sure |
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| This is the same bird |
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| This is likely a different bird, I’m pretty sure this one is a chiffchaff |
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| Little egret, grey heron and mallards |
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| Black-headed gulls |
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| Tufted duck (male) |
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| Tufted ducks (female and young) |
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| Great-crested grebe |
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| Mystery duck #1 (Ruddy duck - thanks JF for the assist!) |
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| Eurasian coot |
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| Great cormorant (known simply as “cormorant” in the UK) |
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| Mystery duck #2 |
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| Greylag goose |
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| Mystery duck #3 |
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| Glossy ibis. Although we see them fairly often here, this was a nice viewing - and relatively rare in the UK |
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| Western marsh harrier |
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| Common terns on nesting platform |
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| Common tern |
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| Canada geese |
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| Common reed bunting |
Also identified: magpie, great egret, reed warbler, blackcap, red kite and my sister saw a couple of skylarks in the field with the cows.
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