To start it was foggy down below but in places the sky was blue!
09.15 x 15.15Long-eared Owl - 1 [courtesy of Scooter Mal] seen about 14.30.
Long-tailed Tit - 11
Blue Tit - 8
Great Tit - 3
Mute Swan - 13
Willow Tit - 1
Mallard - 7
Gadwall - 2
Coot - 8
Robin - 1
Wren - 2
Bullfinch - 3 [2m 1f]
Pheasant - 2
Blackbird - 3
Lesser Redpoll - 8
Siskin - 3
Tree Creeper - 1
Jay - 1
Moorhen - 11
Common Snipe - 26
Greylag - 475 [ including two leucistic I presume, they had an orange bill but the rest of them was white or near enough, never seen these before, so I could be wrong calling them leucistic, but checked all my field guides]
Canada - 5
GBB Gull - 1
Common Gull - 16
Black-headed Gull - 28
Teal - 11
Shelduck - 4
Water Rail - 1 [watched for ten minutes in far corner]
Magpie - 2
Crow - 1
Wood Pigs - 4
Yellowhammer - 1
Tufted Duck - 3
Chaffinch - 2
Aylesbury Duck - 1
Fieldfare - 125
One dead gull and one dead goose on the long spit on Duck Lake.
In recording log today read that someone had seen 3 BARNACLE GEESE and 1 Pinkie, these must have kept out my way
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On my last visit managed to lose one of my thermal gloves, thankfully someone had placed it in the box in Duck Hide, so Thanks!
Kind regards
John [Max]
Quite a few people there considering the day. Met a couple from Pontefract and three others from Belton, and later Mal. Really enjoyed the day!
Also enjoyed my flask of tea and chicken sarnies>
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