Durham Bird Club's Castle Lake Nature Reserve

Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Wednesday 8th February 2017

Some sightings from today;

Town End Farm - 6 Tree Sparrow.

Castle Lake - 5 Mute Swan, 16 Euro White-fronted Geese flew in from the south and stayed about 45 minutes during which time a further single WfG flew over south then back north, 8 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 20 Pochard, 3 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 11 Oystercatcher, 40 Curlew and 2 Redshank.

River Stell - 3 Little Grebe.

A1 Flashes - 10 Shoveler.

Low Hardwick - 8 White-fronted Geese (presumably part of the group of 16 seen later on Castle Lake), 7 Grey Heron, 1 Woodcock, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30 Fieldfare, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Willow Tit, 2 Coal Tit and 8 Bullfinch.

Foumarts Lane - 1 Treecreeper.


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