Terror from the skies - 10/04/2016

Another trip to see the Gwent glossy this weekend resulted in a new lifer! I power walked down to the screen where it had been seen only a couple of hours earlier, to find a chap from Whitchurch there waiting for it too. We spotted some gadwall out on the lagoons, and there were also quite a lot of other sp. present, including wigeon, godwits, redshank, and shovelers. There were lots of avocet and lapwing.  After nearly dipping again, a gentleman in the 2nd hide pointed it out, just as it came out of a reen! After wandering a round a little bit, it took off, battling the high wind to land in the farmers fields behind the lagoons. After a short time it came back out so another power walk back down to the original screen to see it also payed off with good views of a male marsh harrier out over the
lagoons.