Monday 8th September. 

I decided to pay a visit to Wicken Fen, approaching from Burwell. First stops at the hides - no water and no birds. So I carried on towards Mere Hide but half way there, I met a couple walking in the opposite direction who infomed me that there was no water there either so I turned round to go back to the car.

On the way back, there were a couple of Roe Deer close enough for a photo, although against the sun.

A disappointing afternoon.

Thursday 11th September.

A trip to Grafham Water. Firstly the dam but there were serveral fisherman on it so no birds to see so I moved on to Mander car park and the hide. Certainly there were birds but the water level was so low that they were too distant for any decent shots. On the way back to the harbour a Cormorant flew by.

and several Common Terns were flying around, first an adult

and a couple of juveniles.

Regretfully, the Black Tern that was present was too far away.

So, once again, a poor day making it a very poor week.

Well, that is birding for you.