Durham Bird Club's Castle Lake Nature Reserve

Monday 27 January 2014

Monday 27th January 2014

Sightings today from John Olley and myself.
Eleven Dunlin hiding amongst these Golden Plover.


Castle Lake - 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, 26 Shoveler, 18 Pochard, 8 Goldeneye, drake Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Oystercatcher, 300 Golden Plover, 240 Lapwing, 11 Dunlin ( a new high count for January beating the previous record of 6), 10 Redshank, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 4 Mistle Thrush, 40 Redwing.


Shelduck and friends.

Stoneybeck Lake - 160 Coot, 40 Tufted Duck, 2 Pintail and 6 Pochard.
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2 comments:

  1. John Olley27 January 2014 at 11:54

    Great to see the blog up and running again Neil

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  2. Neil Fawcett28 January 2014 at 10:24

    Cheers John, I regret neglecting it but hopefully now back for good.

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