First Migrants (Part 1)

27/3/06 Snettisham Water Mill and Patch route Leaders: Simeon and Connor
We took up the opportunity of the morning at the patch hoping to find some migrants. Our first stop was Swallow Point. Several Pied Wagtails and a White Wagtail. Then we went on to Lake view. Here we got Shelduck, Tufted Duck, Lesser Black Backed gull and Herring gull. Visible Migration produced plenty of Chaffinches, a few Meadow Pipits and Skylarks and a single Yellowhammer. Suddenly I spotted a large gull on the lake which turned out to be Yellow Legged! We were about to leave when two calling Twites went over! The trip had been successful so far. On the way to the Mill we got more Pied Wagtails and a Green Woodpecker. At the Mill there were more Skylarks and Meadow Pipits, another Green Woodpecker and about twenty Linnets. We were heading back with about an hour to spare when two Swallows flew past. With nothing else to do, we decided to try and relocate them. We eventually stumbled across them hawking insects over a field near Swallow Point. Other birds of note on the trip were, Long tailed tit, Goldcrest, Grey Partridge and Kestrel. We ended with fifty-six species on the list!