We hosted a guided walk today for the Notts Birders. The weather was beautiful and we saw over 60 species of birds, including all 10 of the warbler species that breed here, a good range of wading birds and some nice unexpected migrants too. Dunlin and bar-tailed godwit were also reported this morning but we didn't see either of them:
Great crested grebe
Cormorant
Bittern
Little egret
Grey heron
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Shelduck
Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Mallard
Shoveler
Red-crested pochard
Pochard
Tufted duck
Buzzard
Peregrine
Water rail
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Avocet (34)
Little-ringed plover
Lapwing
Ruff
Black-tailed godwit
Redshank
Greenshank
Little gull
Black-headed gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Stock dove
Woodpigeon
Skylark
Sand martin
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Cetti’s warbler
Grasshopper warbler (4)
Sedge warbler
Reed warbler
Lesser whitethroat
Whitethroat
Garden warbler
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Willow warbler
Blue tit
Great tit
Jay
Magpie
Crow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Linnet
Yellowhammer
Reed bunting
Photo of part of the avocet flock ©Stuart Carlton. Twitter @STuartCarlton48