Durham Bird Club's Castle Lake Nature Reserve

Tuesday 6 January 2015

Tuesday 6th January 2015

A decent selection of birds seen today;

Stoneybeck Lake - 30 Canada Geese, 9 Wigeon, 18 Teal, 2 Redshank.

Castle Lake - 2 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 4 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye, 300 Golden Plover, 5 Redshank, 1 Little Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 14 Fieldfare.

A1 Flashes/River Stell - 1 Shelduck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Redshank.

Alan's Pool - 2 Little Egret.

Low Hardwick - 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Sandpiper.

Island Farm - 5 Stock Dove, 1 Tree Sparrow, 40 Yellowhammer, 30 Reed Bunting.

Some pictures from today;
Green Sandpiper still favouring the flash near the moto-cross.

One of the Little Egret at Alan's Pool.

Little Owl playing peek-a-boo near Castle Lake.

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