A week ago I was supposed to be going down to Queen Mother Reservoir, near Slough with Justin but I contracted food poisoning after a Saturday night party (I blame the paella!) so had to abort. A week later I made the trip solo and after making us wait the
American Buff-bellied Pipit duly obliged near to the south east corner of the reservoir. And oblige it really did with views down to an amazing 4 feet despite the constant noise of camera shutters! It was a great opportunity to study the species in detail and obviously to seriously 'happy-slap' it with the camera! A handful of
Ring-necked Parakeets (still a novelty for us Norfolk boys!),
4 Goldeneye and a few
Redwings and
Fieldfares completed the picture.
Afterwards I had a look on Staines Reservoir where I had another rarity - drake
Ruddy Duck (!), a pair of
Scaup, redhead
Smew and
c30 Goldeneye.
Upton Court Park near Slough revealed
Green Woodpecker, loads of
Redwings and 10 more
Ring-necked Parakeets.
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