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Water levels fairly high with corresponding increase in duck numbers, very murky:
Grey Heron 1 landing in reed bed
Kestrel 1
Greylag c50
Teal c70
Wigeon 39
Shoveler 7
Gadwall 12
Mallard 15
BH Gull 17
LBB Gull 1
Water rail 2 heard
Blackbird 7
Great Tit 11
Blue tit 5
Wren 3
Chaffinch 4
Goldfinch 2
Reed bunting 1
And last but not least a lesser spotted woodpecker flying over main scrape into spinney behind hide.
Interestingly within this spinney are a large number of dead trunks of small trees, up to 8cm dia., which have been extensively attacked by what appears to be a woodpecker, especially where there are beetle burrows. All this damage is targetted at individual holes and is from ground level up to about 1.5 m. This is the first time I have seen this amount of damage here, despite the regular sighting of a GSW, and never at ground level. Could this be the LSW or perhaps some other species. Anyone with any ideas?
Regards
David
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