Recent Sightings - January 2025

Birds of Prey 

• Barn Owl 
• Buzzard
• Kestrel
• Marsh Harrier
• Peregrine

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Goose
• Egyptian Geese
• Gadwall
• Goldeneye (Burrowes Pit)
• Greylag Geese
• Great Crested Grebe
• Long-tailed Duck (New Diggings) 
• Mallard
• Mute Swan
• Pintail (Burrowes Pit)
• Pochard
• Shelduck
• Shoveler
• Teal
• Tufted Duck
• White Fronted Goose (Boulderwall Fields)
• Whooper Swan (ARC)
• Wigeon

Herons 

• Bittern (ARC/Viewing Ramp)
• Cattle Egret
• Cormorant
• Glossy Ibis (ARC)
• Great White Egret

Waders and Rails  

• Coot (Burrowes Pit)
• Curlew (Boulderwall Fields)
• Golden Plover (Burrowes Pit)
• Lapwing  
• Snipe (Dengemarsh)
• Water Rail (ARC/Burrowes Pit)     

Little Birds

• Blue Tit
• Chaffinch (Bird Feeders)
• Chiffchaff
• Dunnock (Bird Feeders)
• Fieldfare
• Firecrest
• Goldcrest
• Great Tit
• Greenfinch (Bird Feeders) 
• Kingfisher
• Long-tailed Tits
• Reed Bunting
• Robin
• Stonechat
• Water Pipit
• Wren

Seabirds 

• Caspian Gull (Burrowes Pit)
• Common Gull (Burrowes Pit)
• Great Northern Diver (Burrowes Pit/New Diggings)
• Little Gull (Burrowes Pit)
• Yellow Legged Gull (Burrowes Pit) 

Corvids

• Magpie
• Raven

Firecrest by John Young