Sightings

Main sighting: Geese

Fairly quiet bird wise but highlights included 4 Buzzards, redwings and fieldfares (low numbers), 6 reed buntings, pair of stonechats and a single meadow pipit. Redshank platform – 30 teal (42 more from hide 3), Snipe platform – 2 cormorants, curlew, 1 lt egret, 1 gt black-backed gull on the lagoon, fly past common gull and 1 shoveler. The tundra bean goose was in with the greylags again on the grass area between the marsh platform and the hedge line. Seawall – 106 herring gulls, shelduck and oystercatchers. Hide 3 – 2 mute swans, 92 wigeon, gadwall and 19 pink-footed geese later joined by a 100+ Canada geese.

Main sighting: Collard dove

Collard dove sitting on eggs

Main sighting: Disturbance

There will be some disturbance at Goldcliff Lagoons on Wednesday between approx. 9am and 3pm while we make repairs to the anti-predator fence. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Main sighting: Rooks nesting

Rooks are building nests

Main sighting: Rooks

Rooks are building nests

Main sighting: Skylark

Seven Skylark on moorland.

Main sighting: Curlew

A single Curlew in amongst the lapwings – well chuffed.

Main sighting: Greenfinch

Not sure if this counts as they were caught by Goldcliff Ringing Group so here we go:- Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Goldfinch, Jay, Blackbird, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Wren.
Surprising the number of Greenfinches they caught

Main sighting: Lapwing

A total of 13 lapwing.

Main sighting: Moorhen

A total of 9 Moorhens at Drybridge Community Nature Park pond this evening – a record for my observation!

Main sighting: Hawfinch

Single hawfinch briefly in the garden in Mitchel Troy yesterday, which prompted a quick walk to the churchyard where at least five more birds (four flying from a yew and one perched on top of another yew). Today, at least nine hawfinch in the churchyard, feeding in dense part of a yew, before flying. Making ‘clicking’ type noises, very excited, probably by nearby grey squirrel.

Main sighting: Chiffchaff

Highlights included 1 Chiffchaff (contact call), Water Rail (calling), 1 Cettis (calling), female Sparrowhawk hunting, Redwings and a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers feeding. Hide and pool – 1 Little Grebe (male), 4 Mute Swans (cygnets), 15 Teal, 1 Heron, Black Headed Gull and 6 fly-over Canada Geese.