I was out on site today conducting the monthly WeBS (Wetland Bird Survey) and what a pleasant morning it was, with clear skies and bright sunshine.
The results of the count are as follows –
99 teal
72 tufted duck
61 mallard
39 wigeon
18 gadwall
4 pochard
2 goldeneye
1 shoveler
5 little grebe
1 great crested grebe
3 grey heron
1 little egret
2 cormorant
1 green sandpiper
6 coot
2 moorhen
9 mute swan
and a whopping 314 black headed gulls
Also on site today was a sparrowhawk over Phase 3, a treecreeper feeding with a tit flock in the woodland and a song thrush (not a species I see that often here), feeding in leaf litter on the woodland floor.