Five singing male Skylark were over the Pit Tip Top at this morning, and a pair of Meadow Pipit flushed from the grassland by the Pit Tip Pond. A pair of Jay were in the main Pit Tip Plantation. A group of corvids were feeding together in the Cow Field, with a few Starling amongst them.
At the Mill Lakes, at least three Little Grebe were present near Tern Island, and singles of Great Crested Grebe and Grey Heron were close by. A single Greylag Goose, was joined by 37 more, when a flock arrived from the direction of Goosedale. Two male Teal were at either end of the lake, with at least three male Pochard at the southern end. Just three Snipe were visible on Mud Island.
Gulls were reasonably well represented with 126 Black-headed Gull on the water near the Peninsula, a single adult Common Gull over the main entrance, and a single 1st winter on the water with the gulls. A small flock of around twenty Siskin were feeding in the alders at the north end, and a single singing male was above Leen Pastures Feeding Station later in the morning.
A Kingfisher was seen flying up the river Leen at the aptly-named Kingfisher Corner. At Leen Pastures, a Green Woodpecker was calling, and regular visits to the feeders were made by a pair of Willow Tit, Blue Tit and Great Tit, with a Treecreeper also putting in an appearance. A flock of at least ten Redwing were seen flying over Broad Valley Stables.
At the Mill Lakes, at least three Little Grebe were present near Tern Island, and singles of Great Crested Grebe and Grey Heron were close by. A single Greylag Goose, was joined by 37 more, when a flock arrived from the direction of Goosedale. Two male Teal were at either end of the lake, with at least three male Pochard at the southern end. Just three Snipe were visible on Mud Island.
Gulls were reasonably well represented with 126 Black-headed Gull on the water near the Peninsula, a single adult Common Gull over the main entrance, and a single 1st winter on the water with the gulls. A small flock of around twenty Siskin were feeding in the alders at the north end, and a single singing male was above Leen Pastures Feeding Station later in the morning.
A Kingfisher was seen flying up the river Leen at the aptly-named Kingfisher Corner. At Leen Pastures, a Green Woodpecker was calling, and regular visits to the feeders were made by a pair of Willow Tit, Blue Tit and Great Tit, with a Treecreeper also putting in an appearance. A flock of at least ten Redwing were seen flying over Broad Valley Stables.
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