A stunning red sky greeted me at dawn at Thompson Water, that was it for any brightness as the rest of the visit saw full cloud with light rain and poor light quality, but it was very mild.
My aim at Thompson this morning was to carry out a wildfowl count as this site traditionally holds good numbers of common duck species. My count was as follows:
7 Mute Swan
2 Egyptian Geese
298+ Mallard
58+ Gadwall
10+ Shoveler
Teal (uncounted)
The Mallard count was very good and I expect this to increase as winter progresses, my top count for this species here at Thompson is 322+ birds.
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| Great White Egret at Thompson Water 6 November 2025 |
Also present at Thompson was a single Great White Egret wading in the shallows and carefully making its way over Water Soldier. The Egret was often harrassed by a Grey Heron. At least 3 Cetti's Warblers were singing in reedbed scrub habitat where a Water Rail called.
In the damp woodland carr habitat a mobile flock of Long-tailed Tits included Blue, Great, and Coal Tits, and up to 4 Goldcrests too. At least 5 Blackbirds were seen feeding in Hawthorn and overhead 3 Crossbills and a single Redpoll passed over, also, an arrival of 12 Lapwings seen.
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