It was a brave attempt and we got to the surrounding areas, but time limitation and getting the car stuck in deep mud on the West side of the reserve was not helpful. Thanks to two kindly local fishermen and another chap, they managed to push us out and we had so little time left we decided to just come on back to Fairview.
Despite this I got two lifers in the form of Oriental Skylark and a fly by Plain Martin, so one shouldn't complain. Of course I also saw flocks of Long-toed Stint, several Paddyfield Pipit, numerous Pied Bushchat & Zitting Cisiticola, loads of Marsh & Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Black Winged Stilt, Little-ringed Plover, all 4 common White Egrets, Great in large numbers, masses of Whiskered Terns, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Striated and Tawny Grassbirds, Yellow Bittern, Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater, Yellow Wagtail, White Browed Crake, Buff Banded Rail, White-Breasted Waterhen and untickable views of 2 Snipe in flight.
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| Paddyfield Pipit |
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| Long-toed Stint |
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| Little, Intermediate & Great Egret following farmer |
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| Hundreds of Great Egrets |
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| Pied Bushchat female |
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| Egrets & Whiskered Terns |
I also found an enormous flock of 3000+ Philippine Duck, Garganey, Northern Shoveler, plus a few Tufted Duck and Eurasion Wigeon.
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| Duck flock close up - Philippine Duck, Shoveler & Garganey |
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| The whole duck flock - Far left with Arayat beyond |
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| Far right - Candaba reserve so near but so far |
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