Saturday 15 December 2007

Chelmarsh - On the Rails....

An early morning call at the reservoir saw the usual assembly of Tufties and Coots. Also 13 Goosander, 15 Wigeon and 5 Pintail but no sign of the Diver I keep hoping for.
With just ten mintes to spare, I called in at the scrape and as is always the way (with no time to savour the moment) there were not one but TWO Water Rails out in the open to the left of the hide. They didn't hang about for long though and weren't exactly enjoying each others company (not enough light to capture the scuffle....