Wader watching at Stanny Farm 11/09/2016

Today I went on a guided walk around Stanny Farm. This is a farm that is managed in a wildlife friendly manner on the bank of the river Ore. it is approximately 750 acres in size, of which half is wet grassland managed for its lapwing populations, the rest being crops. It is not open to the public so guided walks are the only way to look around.

The walk was specifically to look for waders. From the main farm centre the walk took us through the grasslands to the river where the tide was fairly high. Numbers of GREENSHANK and REDSHANK were present with single COMMON SANDPIPER and GODWIT. A KINGFISHER flew past. Six BEARDED TITS were present in dyke side reeds on the land side, whilst up above four BUZZZARDS were in the air together.

Small birds were represented by a flock of 30 MIPPITS and 15 LINNETS and a BULLFINCH was in the hedgerow.

A bad painting of a BULLFINCH

 



So quite a good day and a place I would recommend visiting just as an alternative to the usual birding places in Suffolk.