No Shoveler

No Shoveler seen at all this morning. A single Kingfisher was flying over the lake, and finches were down to 30 Siskin with the odd Lesser Redpoll by the Dipping Ponds. Three male Pheasant were in Spinney Field, and a Grey Heron flew over it. There was a Mistle Thrush at the Triangle and Goldcrest were heard in the yews there too.

Two Shoveler

A pair of Shoveler were near the bank around Willow Carr, and three male Goosander flew over low to the south down the Leen. Two Little Grebe and three Great Crested Grebe were on the lake with two Cormorant high over south-west. Good-sized finch flocks at the lakes contained 100 Goldfinch, 70 Siskin, and just ten Lesser Redpoll, with a Sparrowhawk hunting through them. Another Sparrowhawk was hunting the flock of Redwing near Khalsa Wood. A Grey Wagtail flew over Leen Pastures towards Mill Lakes.

One Shoveler

At Mill Lakes at least one male Shoveler was at the southern end of the lake with seven Pochard. Fifteen Lesser Redpoll were in alders at the entrance to the Dipping Ponds, and the young juvenile Great Crested Grebe from the second brood was with one of its parents. At least twenty Common Snipe were showing on Mud Island, and a Grey Wagtail went over the Peninsula.