Frose

Today Puckle (my dachshund) and I visited the reed beds at Frose which I had noticed the other day.  They were absolutely fantastic - bursting with birds all of who seemed to be in song.  The weather was warm and windy and access to the site, which is about 500m by 400m, is easy with a path bisecting the reserve and allowing good access and visibility to the several areas of open brackish water. 

Map extract - Frose and the Concordia See

The reed beds at Frose - the village is in the background

Here is the list - pretty impressive for what I believe is an unknown and unwatched location:
Greylag Goose (30 - partially if not fully feral), Gadwall, Mallard (20), Bittern (2, including 1 flying, booming throughout my visit), Black Stork, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier (4), Buzzard, Coot, Crane, Lapwing (10), Black-headed Gull, Turtle Dove (2), Cuckoo (2), Swift, Yellow Wagtail (2), Wren, Dunnock, Bluethroat (4),



Blue-headed Wagtail - Frose

Sedge Warbler- Frose

Blackbird, Grasshopper Warbler (8), Sedge Warbler, Marsh Warbler (3), Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler (2), Blackcap, Bearded Tit, Tree Sparrow, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting


Frose

We also met a really lovely gentleman who told all about the area's history - originally a vast DDR open-cast brown coal mine.  Amazingly, it has now been transformed into this wonderful wetland habitat.

Great Reed Warbler - Frose

Marsh Warbler - Frose

Turtle Doves - Frose

We're off to Dorset tomorrow for a few days - I have to say that it will be a challenge to find as many good birds there as I watched here today.  I'll keep you posted!