Pine Lake – Juvenile Great Northern Diver still at northern end of lake, but was diving repeatedly and moving some distance underwater so it took me 20 minutes to find it!
20 Tufted Duck – a big reduction compared with last weekend
5 Pochard (4 males, 1 female)
12 Gadwall
2 Great Crested Grebe
Holmere – 110 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 12 Tufted Duck
Causeway Hide, Leighton Moss – Female Ring-necked Duck at Lower Hide end of pool
44 Tufted Duck
9 Goldeneye (5 males, 4 females)
32 Mute Swan
c.30 Siskin feeding in alders by Causeway along main drainage channel
Gait Barrows – 4 Hawfinch in trees either side of main track beyond parking area
Silverdale – 5 Twite feeding on sparse plants colonising the mudflats along shoreline north of Shore Road
Pete C
