Durham Bird Club's Castle Lake Nature Reserve

Sunday, 6 January 2013

Sunday 6th January 2013

Today's sightings;

Castle Lake - c100 Pink-footed Geese flew over heading north at 12:00, 18 Pochard, 2f Goldeneye, 7 Grey Partridge, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 19 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher on the River Stell and a Treecreeper along Foumarts Lane.
No sign of the drake Scaup or the presumed Red-crestedPochard hybrid.

Stoneybeck Lake - 1 Shelduck, 1 pair of Pintail, 1m Pochard, 1f Goldeneye, 85 Curlew and 2 Brambling.

Plenty of Linnet, Greenfinch, Tree Sparrow, Yellowhammer and Reed Bunting still around Farnless Farm.

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