The Juvenile Birder

 Waders and Goosanders! ​We arrived at 6:30am hoping for a glimpse of a European Badger or Tawny Owl. We saw neither, but we did see something moving through the glassy surface of the lake, from the Causeway Hide. A dog European Otter was hunting out on the lake. The sun hit the lake, turning it almost pink. Little Grebes, Great Crested Grebes, Common Goldeneye and much more where out already. We went to the Lower Hide. We saw huge flocks of Greylag Geese with European Rabbits and Common Pheasants mixed in. We saw two juvenile European Otters playing before they parted ways. Common Snipe, Northern Pintail and Mute Swans. We went back and headed straight towards the saltmarsh, to the Eric Morcambe and Allen Hide. We were told it was a short drive away but it took more than an hour for us to find it. It was hidden, through a boggy dirt path and into a car park. We found it on foot. While walking to the saltmarsh, we saw a flock of Fieldfares in a field . It was our first time visiting th

  Otters Finally! We arrived at 7:25 in the morning in hopes of catching a glimpse of the elusive, sinuous European Otter. When we arrived, we were welcomed by a dawn chorus, loads of songbirds singing in the morning, and we heard Eurasian Green Woodpeckers, Marsh Tits, Great Tits and many other species. We went straight along the Causeway and straight through the Causeway Hide. Only one other birder was there that early. We went straight through the woodland part and arrived at the Lower Hide, the furthest hide, at 7:40. The other person in the hide had only seen Giant Otters in South America. This was their third and final attempt before she headed back to her home, as she was living in a van for 3 days since this place was far. We soon met two more people who said that they'd seen 2 juvenile European Otters at a bridge along the Causeway that crosses a channel. We soon left unsuccessful but had to return to grab the phone that we forgot at the hide. When we entered the Lower Hid