15-1-17 (including Webs count)
Mute swan x 2, Canada goose x 9, greylag goose x 1, Egyptian goose x 1, little grebe x 7, great-crested grebe x 27, little egret x 4, grey heron x 2, cormorant x 29, goldeneye x 1 female, Mandarin duck x 3, shoveler x 7, pochard x 30, gadwall x 22, teal x 52, mallard x 64, tufted duck x 79, moorhen x 21, coot x 132, lapwing x 21, common snipe x 6, common gull x 8, great black-backed gull x 11, black headed gull x 93, herring gull x 11, grey wagtail x 2, fieldfare x 2, song thrush x 5, starling x 9, coal tit x 1, goldcrest x 6, treecreeper x 2, siskin x 60, bullfinch x 2 (on the way to Tyler Hide).
10-1-17
Water rail x 1 (calling at the Willow hide end of the East Lake), redwing x 10 flying over the garden area.
7-1-17
common snipe x 7, water rail x 1, grey wagtail x 1, little egret x 5.
5-1-17
Bullfinch x 1, Mandarin duck x 2, chiffchaff x 2, redwing x 5, little egret x 4, rose-ringed parakeet x 4, siskin x 20
4-1-17
Redpoll x 1, little egret x 11 (at roost), Mandarin duck x 7, sparrowhawk x 1, common buzzard x 1, water rail x 1, jackdaw x 100+, chiffchaff x 4, great-spotted woodpecker x 1 drumming.
3-1-17
Water rail x 1 (seen from Slingsby Hie), bullfinch x 3 (calling between fishermen’s carpark and volcano island), redwing x 3.
Susanna