23-2-18 including Monthly Transect.

Black-necked grebe x 1 (East Lake near Clay Spit), common snipe x 4 (visible from Sutton Hide), little egret x 1 (North Lake), grey heron x 5 (including one on nest number 1), sparrowhawk x 2 (Back Lake), common buzzard x 1 (sheep field), stock dove x 2, woodpigeon x 13, green woodpecker x 1, great spotted woodpecker x 1, pied wagtail x 1, wren x 11, dunnock x 5, song thrush x 2, redwing x 30 (including flock behind Slingsby Hide), mistle thrush x 1, goldcrest x 7, long-tailed tit x 20,

coal tit x 3 (including 2 at the Hair Pin), blue tit x 16, great tit x 13, treecreeper x 2, jay x 1, magpie x 6 (including 3 in sheep field), jackdaw x 22 (including 20 in the sheep field and Alder Carr), carrion crow x 19 (one on reserve rest in sheep field), chaffinch x 15, goldfinch x 8, siskin x 60, lesser redpoll x 6 (including 2 on Japanese Larch in garden area and one by the cottage), bullfinch x 3 (including one male all on the way to Tyler Hide). Also great crested grebe pair displaying in front of Sutton Hide.

21-2-18

Black-necked grebe x 1, common snipe x 9, shelduck x 1, great spotted woodpecker x 6 (including 2 displaying), grey heron x 3  (including one on nest number 1 and 2 by nest number 2), bullfinch x 2 (calling by cottage).

20-2-18

Mistle thrush x 1 and coal tit x 1 (both singing opposite the Visitor Centre), grey wagtail x 1 (flew over the visitor centre).

18-2-18 including Webs Count.

Greylag goose x 72, Canada goose x 58, Egyptian goose x 8, cormorant x 13, grey heron x 4, black-necked grebe x 1,

great-crested grebe x 23, little grebe x 10, moorhen x 22, coot x 93, lapwing x 21, common snipe x 2, teal x 25, pochard x 9, wigeon x 20, mallard x 44, gadwall x 35, shoveler x 8, Mandarin duck x 2, tufted duck x 77, black-headed gull x 94,

common gull x 60, herring gull x 2, sparrowhawk x 2, common buzzard x 1, rose-ringed parakeet x 2, green woodpecker x 1,

great spotted woodpecker x 6, song thrush x 11, jay x 1, siskin x 115, lesser redpoll x 2, goldfinch x 4, treecreeper x 2.

17-2-18

Black-necked grebe x 1, common snipe x 4 (seen from Tyler Hide), siskin x 20, lesser redpoll x 3, mistle thrush x 1, goldfinch x 15, wigeon x 20, shoveler x 10, pochard x 10, goshawk x 1 (seen from Tyler Hide).

Susanna Clerici