Hi everyone, I am back. I enjoyed my annual fill of country music at the CMA Country Fest in Nashville. Then it was onto Vegas where I won and lost. I had a brilliant day birding in the desert and mountains. New birds included Mountain Bluebird, Crissal Thrasher, Phainopepla, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Lazuli Bunting and Sprague’s Pipit.
While I have been away it has been quiet for birds on the reserve but we are now seeing the beginning of the autumn migration with several Spotted Redshank, male Ruffs and Green Sandpipers. Today, there was a brood of Yellow Wagtails and Cetti’s Warblers.
Good news, Barn Owls have produced 4 chicks, the first for anywhere on the Orwell in years.
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About Me
- Mick Wright
- Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- My interest in wildlife began many years ago, when short trousers were in fashion. The first bird’s nest that I found was that of a Song Thrush way back in 1949. Luckily for me during my childhood days, the Orwell estuary was my playground. My most memorable recollection from those early-1950s days, and one that has stayed with me ever since, was when I stood at the water’s edge of Mulberry Middle at low water. I was in awe of the vastness of the scene around me; the natural wilderness feeling was so powerful, and thereafter I was simply hooked on the beauty and the wildlife riches of the estuary and I have savoured that experience on so many occasions. I have also seen some dramatic changes. These days, only on a bleak winter’s day or during the depth of night does the estuary become, once again, a wilderness for its wildlife. These are just some of the reasons why I am passionate about and do all that I can in the world of conservation.
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