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Fortunate to be able to enjoy another glorious afternoon, and grateful thanks to the LWT members who have repaired the vandalised hide. This is a tidy little reserve, worth a visit if you've never been, especially if you know your warbler songs.......!
FROM THE CAR PARK
Common tern - 3 pairs on the shingle bank, later over the main lake
Oystercatcher - pair nesting on the shingle bank
Cormorant - 8 in a group
Little ringed plover - shingle bank
Lapwing - everywhere on the reserve, dazzling aerobatics all afternoon
Jackdaw - flock of 12
Coot - pair with 3 young on small pond, one on parent's back
Little grebe - pair on small pond
Greylag - here and there throughout the reserve, on the Welland and in fields around
Moorhen - one on larger lake, east end of car park, with 3 young
Canada geese - small number throughout the reserve
Mute swan - 3
Shoveler - 1
Pochard - 6
PATH TO MAIN HIDE
Lots of song from the bushes, none of it identifiable to me. Lots of noise from the reedbeds here and on the Welland side of the reserve, which I am reliably informed was reed warblers, but I'm only listing what I saw!
Willow warbler - 1
Blackcap - 1
Blackbird - several
Long tailed tit - 5
Robin - 2
MAIN LAKE
Tufted - c25
Mallard - c30
Mute swan - 1
Greylag - 6 flew in
Canada geese - 2
Great crested grebe - 10, all appearing to be paired up
Coot - 12, only one pair with young (6)
Heron - 2 over
PATH TO THE WELLAND
Robin - 1
Green woodpecker - on small silver birch between 2 small lakes, great sideways view
WELLAND BANK
Mute swans - c50 in one large flock. Never seen as large a flock along here before!
ROAD TO SPALDING
Meadow pipit - 1
Barhead/greylag pair - last seen in February
Swallows - 4
Next time I go I'm taking a small tape recorder with me..........
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