Dropped in to Longham Lakes on the way home from work this
afternoon both lakes seemed very quiet on the wildfowl front. The reason soon became apparent as the Water board
were out on the big lake fixing/maintaining their solar panels out in the
middle of the lake.
Most of the birds were on the larger of the two lakes though numbers were still down I think though and it did seem that there was a good numbers of gulls out on the water mostly Black-headed Gulls but I did not have my scope to check them all. I heard a couple of Mediterranean Gulls calling and saw some darker grey backs but was not sure if they were Herring or Lesser Black-backed not having the scope.
Most of the birds were on the larger of the two lakes though numbers were still down I think though and it did seem that there was a good numbers of gulls out on the water mostly Black-headed Gulls but I did not have my scope to check them all. I heard a couple of Mediterranean Gulls calling and saw some darker grey backs but was not sure if they were Herring or Lesser Black-backed not having the scope.
I was hoping to add a few more birds to the Patch list but I
only managed one new bird this after which helped bring the list up to 54
species seen. The birds seen today are as follows
Tufted Ducks, mainly on the large lake
Coots, again mainly on the large lake
Mallard – 21 SL
Gadwall – 8 SL
Pochard – 6 SL
Shoveler – 6 SL
Grey Heron – 1 HF
Little Egret – 4 HF
Teal – 2 HF
Buzzard -1 being mobbed by gulls over South Lake
Kestrel -1 Male searching the cause way
Plus some of the hedge row species
And the new bird was a Reed Bunting.
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| View of North Lake |
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| Think this is Common Reed |
Here is a full list of the birds I have seen so far at this site for my Patchwork Challenge.
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Mute Swan
Greylag Goose
Canada goose
Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Mallard
Shoveler
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorant
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Buzzard
Kestrel
Moorhen
Coot
Lapwing
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Feral Pigeon
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Kingfisher
Green Woodpecker
Meadow Pipit
Grey Wagtail
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Stonechat
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Redwing
Chiffchaff
Long tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Reed Bunting
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