BLASHFORD LAKES
It was a very windy day, so Blashford Lakes just north of Ringwood was the place to go. There weren't many woodland birds about, so we walked straight to Lapwing hide overlooking Ibsley Water from where there were high numbers of Coot and Great-crested Grebes, and the usual feral flock of Canada and Greylag Geese.
A Common Sandpiper picked its way along the edge of Ibsley Water and two juvenile Black Terns were on the far side of the lake. There were three Egyptian Geese and Common Terns on Rockford Lake, and five Black-tailed Godwits, a Little Egret, Teal and a Grey Heron on Ivy Lake.
Sorry there are no photographs to post, but I will be posting some soon.
In April 2007 after encountering some problems with posting, I deserted Surfbirds for Freewebs, where I ran a Blog until about two weeks ago when, guess what? I can't post pictures on it anymore.
More in hope than anything else I had a look to see if my old Surfbirds Blog still existed, and to my surprise it did, so here we are, I'll get sorted out and post something as soon as I can.
Brian