Today's Sightings
It was a fantastic day today as the warden team went out to count all of the birds on the reserve as part of this months Wetland Bird Survey.
Here is what was seen:
Great crested grebe 5
Cormorant 29
Little egret 4
Grey heron 13
Mute swan 77
Whooper swan 7
Greylag goose 10
Shelduck 50
Wigeon 380
Gadwall 25
Teal 222
Mallard 317
Pintail 2
Shoveler 287
Pochard 16
Tufted duck 69
Moorhen 5
Coot 383
Avocet 67
Oystercatcher 13
Lapwing 67
Black-tailed godwit 103
Curlew 5
Redshank 40
Black-headed gull 118
Common gull 8
Lesser black backed gull 2
Marsh harrier 1
Buzzard 3
Kestrel 1
Green woodpecker 2
Meadow pipit 13
Magpie 10
Jackdaw 1
Crow 24
Chaffinch 2
Goldfinch 5
And on our Lady Fen area:
Mute swan 2
Greylag goose 7
Gadwall 6
Mallard 34
Shoveler 39
Coot 28
Golden plover 39
Redshank 19
Black-headed gull 18
Jackdaw 18
Stock dove 6
Woodpigeon 10
Skylark 7
Shelduck 13
Meadow pipit 6
Avocet 2
Tufted duck 22
Crow 2
Little plover 2
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 168
