RSPB Newport Wetlands

Weather was cloudy and cold, surprize, surprize!

But a good start to the day as the first sigthing was a new one for my life tick list, a Goldfinch.

Newport Wetlands is a reasonable reserve with huge reed beds and no hides, so your left on your feet for much of your stay.
It has a floating foot bridge running through one of the reed beds that gives the unusual sensation of walking on a sponge, most odd!
The general concensus from regular local visitors seemed to be a poor one, with most of them expressing dissapointment at a lack of new visitors.
Fortunately for me with my new past time still in its very early infancy, the rest of my 2 hour visit gave me another 2 for my life list - Curlew & a Little Egret

Other pickings for the day were:

Greenfinch

Moorhen
Tree Sparrow
Mallard

Coot

Magpie

Crow

Gadwell
Tufted Duck

Pochard

Mute Swan

Mute Swans



Curlew, in the distance somewhere! Must buy a bigger lens..