The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Spent 11.15am-3.00pm on Sunday 15 February at the reserve. We parked near the hide at the corner of Northcroft Lane overlooking Mons Pool before walking slowly to the viewing areas on Parish Field. After a snack back at the car we were joined by a birder looking for swans. We told him where we'd seen them earlier on Mons Pool and went with him onto the banks of the River Trent. We gained excellent views of the swans feeding on a field south of Trent Lane. Our sightings for the day were
16 Whooper Swans
2 Bewick Swans
2 Egyptian Geese
1 Little Owl
2 Skylark
6 Blue Tit
6 Robin
4 Blackbird
1 Bullfinch
30 Lapwing
20 Cormorant
20 Teal
10 Shelduck
4 Carrion Crow
40 Black Headed Gulls
8 Grey Heron
4 Coot
4 Mallard
8 Moorhen
2 Redshank
4 Greylag
2 Great Crested Grebe
20 Wigeon
12 Great Tit
2 Dunnock
10 Tufted Duck
3 Little Egret
2 Buzzard
4 Magpie
2 Wood Pigeon
2 Kestrel
2 Long Tailed Tits
2 Gadwall
1 Canada Goose
2 Pheasant
18 Mute Swan - 15 on River Trent
20 Starling
2 Curlew on Collingham side of Northcroft Lane
1 Song Thrush
2 Chaffinch

Colin and Joyce Beck