Durham Bird Club's Castle Lake Nature Reserve

Wednesday 31 July 2013

July catch-up

Sightings for Castle Lake;

July 14th; 4 Avocet (1 adult with 3 juveniles) only the second record of Avocet at Bishop Middleham, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper & 2 Common Tern.

July 15th; female Shoveler with 10 juveniles, 3 Teal, female Pochard with 5 ducklings (pictured below), 4 Ringed Plover & 2 Common Sandpiper.

July 29th; 1 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 4 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper & 2 Common Tern.

July 31st; 1 Little Egret (pictured below), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Redshank & 2 Corn Bunting.