sightings 27/05/2011

this report is from Cath Dewhurst, resident volunteer NKM:

Radar Pool.
Great crested grebe – 2
Black-headed gull – 50+
Shelduck – 350+
Avocet – 50+
Canada goose – 4
Tufted duck – 4
Common tern – 4 

Flamingo Pool.
Shelduck – 76
Avocet – 8
Oystercatcher – 2 

Black Barn Pools.
Shelduck – 46
Avocet – 4
Black-headed gull – 28
Redshank – 8
Mallard – 22
Lapwing – 8
Little egret – 1

Several skylark singing overhead along Mead Wall.

Cliffe Creek.
Black-headed gull – 40+
Shelduck – 3

Conoco.
Black-headed gull – 46
Great crested grebe – 5
Coot – 4
Common tern – 2

Allen’s Pond.
Chiffchaff
Nightingale

Along the Saxon Shore Way.
Nightingale – 2
Whitethroat – 5
Chaffinch – 4
Kestrel – 1

Plus well over a 100 swift feeding over Radar and Black Barn Pools.

Small flocks of Goldfinches and Linnets seen around the reserve.