It is amazing what you
can see in a short 50 minutes walk around an abandoned Bedfordshire sand pit
and landfill site. A swan waiting for his or her chicks to hatch (the partner
was sitting hidden on a nest in the nearby reeds), a rabbit disturbed a
constantly calling Chiffchaff having arrived a month ago from the West coast of
Africa and a Robin in the same tree. Singing Reed Warblers on the reeds (also
from West Africa) and a distant mystery swimmer in the sand pit. Not at all
sure what it was. At the time I thought it was a carp, but when I downloaded
the photo and heavily enlarged the image, I don't think so. An abandoned pet
turtle or even a catfish? Then a family of Long Tailed Tits passed through
chattering away, with a lucky flight photo. Finally I popped over the road into
the country park and took a few photos of a distant Great Crested Grebe. When I
got home, I realised that it was a parent with black and white candy marked
chicks, one taking a ride on its parents back. Although this is not a
particularly rare sight, it was a first for me!
