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| Firecrest with fly, Regulus ignicapillus |
I've been visiting Arundel WWT a lot recently. Firecrests have been an attraction and one can be seen on most days by the main path along the reed bed. The challenge is to focus and shoot before it flits off in its never ending quest for food. I managed to get one with a fly in its beak yesterday. I saw several Redpolls feeding on the ground.
During a visit to Ferring Rife on Saturday I saw two Jack Snipe, a Kestrel and the main pond was home to about 40 batches of frog spawn. Adjacent ponds had no spawn, so I think the frogs return to the pond where they originated, in this case the one which stays wet for the whole of their development period.
Arundel WWT, March 7:
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| Dunnock, Prunella modularis |
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| Firecrest |
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| Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis |
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| Lesser Redpoll, Carduelis cabaret |
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| Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus |
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| Nuthatch, Sitta europaea |
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| Robin, Erithacus rubecula |
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| Song Thrush, Turdus philomelos |
Ferring Rife, March 5:
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| Bulrushes, Typha latifolia |
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| Bulrush |
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| Common Frog spawn, Rana temporaria |
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| Frog spawn |
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| Frog spawn |
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| Common Reed, Phragmites australis |
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| Horse, Equus ferus caballus |
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| Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus |
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| Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus |
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water cress, could be
Fool's-water-cress, (Apium nodiflorum) or
Water Cress (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum agg.) |
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| Water Mint, Mentha aquatica |
