wwt – T E Shepherd https://shepline.com author | illustrator | digital designer Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:58:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://shepline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-shepline-white-on-green-square_512-32x32.jpg wwt – T E Shepherd https://shepline.com 32 32 On the fourth day of advent: wetlands and waterfowl https://shepline.com/2011/12/04/on-the-fourth-day-of-advent-wetlands-and-waterfowl/ https://shepline.com/2011/12/04/on-the-fourth-day-of-advent-wetlands-and-waterfowl/#respond Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:58:00 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=1895 After a late night last night and way too much off-diet food at Emma’s work’s Christmas meal, we were up early this morning to head out to the WWT London reserve at Barnes for the Facebook group meetup, and a guided birdwatching tour of the reserve.

Very excitingly we saw: Lapwing, Little Grebe, 11x Herons, Jack Snipe, Common Snipe, Shelduck, Shoveler, Teal, Pochard, Wigeon, Pintail, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Mallard and Bittern (our second of the year!).

Additionally, I now have the gossiping call of the Eider duck as my message alert ringtone on my mobile phone!

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