Got to the lakes a little bit late today to find parts of the lake frozen
mainly on the eastern shores, brrr and it was cold on the western side of south
lake with the wind coming across the lake.
A good walk round watching and looking for new birds, recorded 44spp ( will
I ever get 50spp) round the lakes today with 3 new birds for the patch work
challenge and the best bird was a Peregrine going west with some type of prey
in its talons. Not sure if the bird took something of the lake as heard a
commotion from the gull as they went up then spotted the Peregrine flying
towards and over me top land on a pylon only to be pushed of by the crows. Also
a nice largish flock of c60 Lapwings flying west over the South Lake. And of
course the 3 GWE are still there two on North Lake and one on the large
island.
The full list of species seen today
Mute Swan, Greylag goose – 14, Canada goose, Wigeon, Gadwall Teal, Mallard,
Shoveler – 8 Pochard – 40, Tufted Duck, Little Egret – 6 , Great White Egret –
3, Grey Heron – 2, Little Grebes, great crested
Grebes,Buzzard,Moorhen,Coot,Lapwing- c60, Snipe – 5 Black-Headed Gulls,Common
Gull-1, Lesser Black-backed Gull –1 Great Black-backed Gull – 2, Woodpigeons,
Collared Dove, Green Woodpecker –2, Peregrine, Magpies, Jackdaws,Carrion Crows,
Blue Tit –3, Long-tailed Tit - 4, Wren – 4, Starlings,Blackbirds,Song Thrush –
4,Robins,Stonechat – 2,Dunnock, House Sparrows, Grey Wagtail and
Chaffinches.
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| Gulls on ice |
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| Great White Egret |
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| Frozen North East Corner of North Lake |
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| Robins are alway handy for a picture |
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| Song Thrush plenty about today |
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