As I was visiting Dad today, not far from Bury St Edmunds, I set off early for an hour's visit around Lackford Lakes. This superb reserve is one I haven't visited for a long while and many improvements have been made. Highly recommended, indeed.
From the first hide, a pair of goldeneye along with gadwall, mallard, canada geese and teal. Black headed and common gulls overhead and roosting whilst a water rail called from the rushes, but didn't make an appearance.
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| Drake goldeneye |
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| Goldeneye pair |
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| female goldeneye |
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| drake again |
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| drake gadwall |
I moved on and stopped at another 4 very good hides, seeing more of the same as well as a pair of pintail and displaying, territorial Egyptian geese. A pair of greylags were fast asleep on one of the many muddy islands where a pair of oystercatchers appeared to be checking out potential nest sites.
In the Ash Carr a nuthatch, great, blue and long tailed tit as well as a pair of confiding marsh tits. One was ringed but not confiding enough to read the ring.
On to Hawkers Pool but the long tailed duck that has been present for a while was not at its regular site and I was out of time, so back to the shop at the Visitors' Centre. There is no entrance fee, so a donation was made before I headed off to Burnt Eleigh to pay Dad some time.
A very impressive reserve and one that, in a few weeks time, looks very good for warblers, particularly chiffchaff, willow warbler and maybe nightingale. Hobbies should also be around as there is plenty of scope for dragonfly species.
I plan to return in early May.
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| drake teal |
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| noisy Egyptian goose |
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| A send off |
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| same territorial dispute |
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| robin |
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| nuthatch |
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| snapshot of flighty marsh tit |
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