Durham Bird Club's Castle Lake Nature Reserve

Tuesday 26 February 2013

Tuesday 26th February 2013

Out and about again today with the following birds catching the eye;

Castle Lake - 2 Shelduck, 3 Pintail, 10 Pochard, 3f Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Snipe, 15 Redshank and 35 Redwing.

A1 Flashes - 1 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 90 Canada Geese, 50 Wigeon, 50 Teal, 11 Oystercatcher and 2 Green Sandpiper feeding together (poor picture below).

Low Hardwick - 3 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Geese, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Snipe over, 41 Curlew, Tawny Owl calling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Tit, 2 Nuthatch (the second sighting of this species in February away from Hardwick Hall CP) and 16 Magpie.

Fishburn Lake - 2 Mute Swan, 46 Gadwall, 38 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant and 1 Grey Heron.

Just some of the excellent count of 38 Pochard on Fishburn Lake today.

Stoneybeck Lake - 3 Shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 2 Oystercatcher, 300 Lapwing, 52 Curlew and 400 Woodpigeon.

Plenty of these around too...

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