Highlights included a Peregrine, the first Golden Plover of the year, a whopping flock of 230 Goldfinch, and a lone Corn Bunting.
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd September
Mute Swan - 11 incl. family of 6
Wigeon - 6
Gadwall - 15
Shoveler - 2
Teal - 1
Mallard - 50+
Tufted Duck - 2
Red-legged Partridge - 2
Grey Partridge - 14
Little Grebe - 4
Cormorant - 30+ at Wansford
Little Egret - 3 at Wansford
Grey Heron - 13
Sparrowhawk - 1
Buzzard - 18
Kestrel - 12
Peregrine - 1
Golden Plover - flocks of 210 + 28
Lapwing - ZERO
Green Sandpiper - 5 possibly 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 120+
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Little Owl - 1
House Martin - 10+
Swallow - 10+
Meadow Pipit - 30+
Mistle Thrush - 6
Chiffchaff - 5 incl. one in song
Goldfinch - flock of 230 at Kelk Beck
Linnet - 95 in two flocks
Bullfinch - 4
Corn Bunting - 1 at Foston
Also...
Hedgehog - roadkill at Lowthorpe
Roe Deer - 1
Painted Lady - 1
Red Admiral - 11
Small Tortoiseshell - 1
Speckled Wood - 3
White sp. - 40+
Migrant Hawker - 16
Common Darter - 45+
Birds weren't in a posing mood this visit but here's some photos anyway.
Common Darter male. Lots of these seen over the weekend.
And female.
Family of Swans. I haven't seen these before and didn't see a nest anywhere in spring. Hard to say if they bred somewhere hidden nearby or if they have swam up the beck from somewhere.
The huge Beeches bordering Lingholmes Plantation were felled earlier in the month. The wood sometimes holds a large corvid roost (they come and go). Hopefully it's still suitable.
And from the Lowthorpe end. There's a small stream bordering the trees which might be more attractive to water birds now it's opened up. We shall see...
Three additions to the yearlist.
101 Little Owl
102 Golden Plover
103 Great Black-backed Gull
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