Latest Sightings
The yellow browed warbler and siberian chiff chaffs have been seen at the sewage farm again.
We did our Wetland Bird Survey today, here are the results:
Wigeon 347
Gadwall 24
Teal 442
Mallard 804
Pintail 388
Shoveler 18
Pochard 15
Tufted duck 14
Shelduck 170
Greylag goose 129
Canada goose 185
Moorhen 75
Coot 56
Snipe 5
Lapwing 159
Black tailed godwit 52
Oystercatcher 67
Avocet 31
Little grebe 6
Cormorant 39
Grey heron 2
Little egret 12
Black headed gull 196
Lesser black backed gull 12
Great black backed gull 5
Whooper swan 115
Redshank 1
Ringed plover 2
Marsh harrier 3
Kingfisher 2
A pygmy shrew was found on the wetland grassland last week.
The flowers have been coming out as spring progresses. You can see scaly colts foot flowers on the reedbed, and the birght yellow of lesser celaldine on the wildwalk. Cherry and blackthorn are blooming near Discovery and Ron Barker.
