Priory Country Park is a former gravel pits located on the South East edge of Bedford, adjacent to the River Great Ouse. Find us at Barkers Lane off A428, or in Priory Business Park off A421 Bedford bypass. Admission is Free with access to the Visitor centre and 2 hides, one overlooking the main lake and one on the Finger lakes. You will find Winter wildfowl, passage terns and waders, and Water Rail all year.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Sat 5th Jan
I had to pop into the park office. Afterwards, I walked down to the spit. The sun was bright but the wind was a cold south-westerly. I was rewarded with the sight of 22 Teal sitting on the sunny sides of the fingers opposite, in groups of 4-6. Both Sat & Sun, there was a lot of toing-and froing by one or more Siskin between the New Cut and the Leat area. A party of Lottis working the Long Hedge contained 14 (ringed) birds.
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Kramer Hide:
2 Pairs Shoveller
3 Heron
27 Mute Swan over south
Report of pair of Gadwall and a Kingfisher at Kramer hide.
Deer Tracks between east Fingers and the navigation channel.
East Fingers:
6 Canada Geese
West Fingers:
Pair Mute Swans
5 Little Grebe
2 Canada Geese
1 Shoveller (m)
5 Teal over from the spit.
6 Teal over from south side main lake looked like they all dropped into Fingers.
Female Sparrowhawk over the car park/visitor Centre.
Main Lake:
28 Mute Swans (probably most of the group that flew over earlier).
1 Kingfisher SW corner.
1 Goosander.
116 Pochard (11f).
9 Tufted Ducks (all Male).
28 Shoveller.
12 Great Crested Grebe.
22 Cormorant.
3 Kingfisher seen around the hide.
At least 2 Great Spots around the hide.
1 fat blue and purple ankle, after I sprained it!
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