Thursday 1st January 2015

Happy New Year!
The first sightings of the year today;

Castle Lake - 1 Shelduck, 7 Pintail (5 drakes), 1f Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, 200 Golden Plover, 37+ Curlew, 5 Redshank, 1 Fieldfare, 400 Jackdaw & 15 Reed Bunting.

Fishburn Lake - 2 Goldcrest, 5+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Jay, 30 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch.

Low Hardwick - 2 Redshank & 1 Green Sandpiper (on flash near the moto-x), 1 Kestrel & 3 Bullfinch.

A1 Flashes - 20 Herring Gull (including an adult 'Scandinavian Herring Gull') and 3 adult Great Black-backed Gull's.

Green Sandpiper pictured today.

Saturday 27th December 2014

Today's sightings;

Stoneybeck Lake/Farnless Farm - 6 Wigeon, 1m Pochard, 16 Moorhen, 87 Curlew and a Redshank.

Castle Lake - 1 Shelduck, 5 Pintail (3m2f), 10 Shoveler, 3f Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 7 Redshank and a Fox in the wildlife garden.

Island Farm - 14 Grey Partridge, 2 adult Great Black-backed Gull overflew north, 2 Skylark overflew south and a mixed flock of 100+ Tree Sparrow, Yellowhammer and Reed Bunting.

A1 Flashes - 200 Golden Plover and 18 Magpie.

Monday 15th December 2014

Sightings today from John Olley and myself.

Castle Lake - 5 Whooper Swan (4 adults & 1 juvenile)  3 Pintail, 8 Shoveler, 5 Goldeneye, 400 Wigeon, 200 Teal, 24 Moorhen, 1400 Golden Plover, 1000 Lapwing, 10 Redshank, 10 Curlew, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Wildlife Garden - 1 Goldcrest, 5+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Tit, 1 Treecreeper.

Low Hardwick - 8 Grey Partridge, 42 Curlew, 30+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing.

A1 Flashes - 5 Whooper Swan (as above) over @12:45 heading south then east, 1 Green Sandpiper.

River Stell - 1 Little Grebe.

Sunday 7th December 2014

Catching up with sightings from Sunday with thanks to John Olley and Joe Hughes.

Castle Lake - 10 Redshank, 1 Ruff, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Curlew, 500 Golden Plover, 1000 Lapwing, 320 Wigeon and 1 Great Crested Grebe.

Monday 1st December 2014

Sightings for today included the following.

Castle Lake - 13 Mute Swan, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, c1000 Golden Plover & 1 Dunlin.

Island Farm/Fishburn Lake - 9 Whooper Swan's flew low over heading south-west @10.15, 14 Grey Partridge, 1 Sparrowhawk, 10+ Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest, c70 Goldfinch & 1 Lesser Redpoll.

Low Hardwick - 1 Kestrel, 1 Snipe, 20+ Redwing, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Willow Tit.

A1 Flashes - 2 Green Sandpiper together.

A few pictures of today's birds;

Nine Whooper's whooping.

Tree Heron at Fishburn Lake

One of two, possibly three Green Sand's present today.

Two of the three Little Egret's still around.

Sunday 30th November 2014

Today's sightings;

Stoneybeck Lake - 370 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 3 Redshank, 9 Curlew, 4 Pochard and 3 Pied Wagtail.

Castle Lake - drake Pintail, 3 female Goldeneye, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 1 female Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, c500 Lapwing, 7 Redshank and a Mistle Thrush.

Tuesday 25th November 2014

Some sightings from today;

Castle Lake - 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 55 Curlew, 7 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1f Goldeneye, 5 Little Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush and 30 Redwing.