19 December 2015

GREEN WINGED TEAL-FRODSHAM MARSHES

Spent Saturday morning birding at Frodsham marshes with Frank duff.Frank had found a Green winged teal on No6 tank last week so I thought I'd give it a go not realising the bird was commuting with at least 1000 plus Common Teal


Its in there somewhere!
After a good hour scoping through the Teal and getting cracking views of an immature Marsh harrier and a Peregrine over at West point frank relocated the Green winged teal coming out of the michaelmas daisy bed displaying to other female Teal.


Green Winged Teal
One pain of a bird to see,it only showed for at least ten minutes and then went back into the daisy bed.Other birds of note were Common pochard,Gadwall,Common Shelduck,Wigeon and Shoveler. Anyway a great mornings birding and another good bird for Cheshire