To start it was foggy down below but in places the sky was blue!
09.15 x 15.15
Long-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
.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> 