Durham Bird Club's Castle Lake Nature Reserve

Tuesday 4 August 2015

Tuesday 4th August 2015

Sightings from this morning;

Castle Lake - c1000 (!) Greylag Geese, 3 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Ringed Plover brooding two very young chicks, 2 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 30 Black-headed Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Common Gull and 10+ Swift.

Alan's Pool - 3 (2 juvenile) Little Ringed Plover, 1 juvenile Ruff and 1 Snipe.

Low Hardwick - 6 Grey Heron and 400 Lapwing.

River Stell - 35 Gadwall (including juveniles).

 
   
Water levels continue to diminish, this is what's left of the pond in the south-west corner of Castle Lake.                                                                                              
                 

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