17-12-16
Cormorant x 65 (left roost between 7:40 and 8:05 a.m.), little egret x 14 (at roost), water rail x 1 (calling from Volcano island) common snipe x 6, redwing x 2, siskin x 2, bullfinch 4.
14-12-16
Little egret x 4 (West Lake), woodpigeon x 14, rose-ringed parakeet x 4, green woodpecker x 1, great spotted woodpecker x 2, grey wagtail x 1 (West Lake), pied wagtail x 4, wren x 31, dunnock x 5, robin x 42, blackbird x 27, fieldfare x 1, song thrush x 8, redwing x 8, mistle thrush x 1, chiffchaff x 4 (including one singing), goldcrest x 13, long-tailed tit x 37, coal tit x 1, blue tit x 32, great-tit x 27, treecreeper x 37, jay x 4, magpie x 10, jackdaw x 30 (including 12 in the sheep field), carrion crow x 13 (including x 10 in the sheep field), chaffinch x 23 (many feeding amongst the leaf litter), goldfinch x 7, siskin x 17 (in small groups), lesser redpoll x 1 (at the gate end of the wildlife garden), bullfinch x 2.
16-12-16
Water rail x 1 (calling heard from Slingsby Hide).
11-12-16
Goosander x 1 (red head flying over the East Lake), common snipe x 7, Brent goose x 1, common snipe x 7, water rail x 1 (calling at Slingsby Hide), reed bunting x 5.
10-12-16
Little egret x 14 (at roost), cormorant x 50, common snipe x 8, teal x 100, mistle thrush x 1.
7-12-16
Little egret x 12, cormorant x 64, jackdaw x 850, sparrowhak x 2, common snipe x 4.