There are now seven Pintail on the Slurry Lagoon plus one smart male Pochard. A Shelduck has also been seen. JV.
Later on there were two Stonechats and six Snipe on the Eco Park and a Brambling flew over. The Pintail and Shelduck were still there, on the Slurry Lagoon, as well as six Snipe. A Caspian Gull and two Yellow-legged Gulls were on the Deep Pit and a Red Kite flew over. There were still two Goldeneye on the Large Gravel Pit. Quite a few Redwing and Redpoll were around too. MC.
This morning a Bittern was seen flying into the Large Gravel Pit reeds and two female Goldeneye were on the Large Gravel Pit and the Pintails are still on the Slurry Lagoon. Several small flocks of Redwing and some Fieldfares were seen flying over and in the hawthorns. Flocks of Long-tailed Tits were still containing Chiffchaffs and three Swallows were feeding over the Slurry Lagoon. PS. JV.
Pintail – male – PS.
Goldeneye – PS.
This morning the flooded areas , especially the Wader Scrape, had attracted good numbers of Mallard, Teal and Gadwall and there were five Goldeneye on the Deep Pit. In the late morning a Great White Egret flew over the Slurry Lagoon. PS.
The female Stonechat is still around the Ecopark. There was some movement of Skylarks over the site, two Sparrowhawks were seen and there were two pairs of Goldeneye in the Deep Pit. IEP.
Today there was a female Stonechat on the Ecopark and two pairs of Goldeneye on the Deep Pit. PR.
A first winter Caspian Gull was amongst the gulls at the Enva site this morning and Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail and Little Egret were along the Ouse Dyke. MC.
The pair of Peregrines were on the new pylon, three male and two female Goldeneye were on the Large Gravel Pit. PS.
This morning there was a female Goldeneye on the Large Gravel Pit. A Great White Egret was also seen flying over the Deep Pit. The Slurry Lagoon has in excess of 100 Wigeon feeding on it. PS, RJP.
There was a Peregrine on the New Pylon this afternoon. There were also several Redwing a Fieldfare and an Oystercatcher about, and two Goldeneye still on the Large Gravel Pit. IP.
This morning a Stonechat was seen between the Wader Scrape and the Ouse Dyke banks. A Jay flew by as well as a Kingfisher. On the Slurry Lagoon there was a Shelduck, with a single Pochard on the Deep Pit and a Goldeneye on the Large Gravel Pit. PS
This morning the Barn Owl was still out hunting over the seed-crop field. Two fine drake Goldeneye were on the Large Gravel Pit and at least three Water Rail were calling in the reed beds. PS.