Well, after getting 172 bird species recorded last year (following a recount!), let's see how we get on in 2016!
For starters, and in no particular order:
1. mute swan
2. whooper swan
3. goldeneye
4. mallard
5. wigeon
6. American wigeon (from Fen Hide)
7. tufted duck
8. shelduck
9. shoveler
10. teal
11. buzzard
12. hen harrier
13. blue tit
14. chaffinch
15. great tit
16. greenfinch
17. robin
18. dunnock
19. wren
20. blackbird
21. tree sparrow
22. great spotted woodpecker
23. rook
24. jackdaw
25. herring gull
26. great black-backed gull
27. common gull
28. pheasant
29. lapwing
30. woodpigeon
31. collared dove
32. goldcrest
33. grey heron
34. golden plover
35. cormorant
36. gannet
37. oystercatcher
38. shag
39. pied wagtail
40. curlew
41. sanderling
42. redshank
43. carrion crow
44. black-headed gull
45. pink-footed goose (all as at 6 January)
92. goosander
93. skylark (22 Feb)
94. grey partridge
95. barnacle goose (18 Feb)
96. gadwall
97. little egret (15 Mar)
98. stock dove (23 Mar)
99. osprey (27 Mar)
100. swallow (5 Apr)
101. great white egret (reported, not seen by staff)
102. common crane (8 Apr) (flew north over reserve from Rattray)
103. Sandwich tern (9 Apr)
104. sand martin (10 Apr)
105. guillemot (11 Apr)
106. razorbill
107. black-tailed godwit
108. rough-legged buzzard (13 Apr - reported by visitor)
109. merlin (16 Apr)
110. willow warbler (21 Apr)
111. sand martin (24 Apr)
112. wheatear (28 Apr)
from hide record sheets:
113. white-tailed eagle (1 Mar)
114. ringed plover (13 Apr)