Some sightings from a drizzly afternoon session;
Two Green Sandpiper, three Grey Wagtail and a singing Cetti’s Warbler and singing Goldcrest in Stodday Sewage Works (ASC3)
54 Herring Gull, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 5 Little Egret in ASC4 E
1600 Pink-footed Goose and two adult European White-fronted Goose on Colloway Marsh N. A pair of Great Black-backed Gull seem to have taken up summer residence here.
Pair Shelduck investigating a potential nest site in A15 S (by ‘Smuggler’s Lane’).
15 Linnets on Aldcliffe Marsh S also Oystercatcher pair.
Wildfowlers Pools S (A4S):
Teal 16
Gadwall 14
Shoveler 5 (2 males)
Lapwing 3 individuals displaying (2 males)
Little Grebe 2
Reed Bunting 2
Wildfowlers Pools N (A4N):
Canada Goose 14
Teal 11
Mallard 5
Gadwall 3
Tufted Duck 2 (m/f)
Oystercatcher 2 (pair).
Two pairs Lapwing in A3.
Field with Frog Pond (A5):
Mute Swan 20
Tufted Duck 2 (m/f)
Wigeon 2
Freeman’s Pools A2
Black-headed Gull 122
Goldeneye 3
Tufted Duck 2
Freeman’s Wood W:
Blackcap 2 singing
Willow Warbler 2 singing
Goldcrest 1 singing
Chiffchaffs: ten singing along track between Freeman’s Wood and Stodday Sewage Works.