This morning a Kittiwake flew in with a small flock of Common Gulls and spent some time on the Slurry Lagoon before they all carried on up-river. Two Lapwings were displaying over the Severn/Trent land and a Ruddy Shelduck flew over. PS.
This morning the male Pintail had moved from the Ecopark Pool to the Slurry Lagoon. Three Blackcaps were singing along the Lower Path, two Water Rails were heard, a Peregrine flew over the site and two Roe Deer were seen in the Slurry Lagoon reed-bed. PS.
This morning a Ruddy Shelduck flew over the site towards the river from the Ecopark. Later a Great White Egret flew over the site to the south. There are still good numbers of Shoveler on the Slurry Lagoon and a small flock of Lesser Redpolls were on the Slurry Lagoon birches. PS.
Later in the afternoon a Chiffchaff was heard singing in trees along the Ouse Dyke. JDn.
This morning a Red Kite was seen flying over the Ecopark and the Stonechat was still present. RP.
There were more than 80 Shoveler on the site – mostly on the Slurry Lagoon. PS.
This morning a Red Kite, accompanied by five Jackdaws, was seen circling high over the Slurry Lagoon. PS.
This morning there were two Ravens on one of the pylons and a Peregrine on the new pylon. A Woodcock flew from the Slurry Lagoon reed-bed. PS.
This morning the Black-headed Gulls resting on the Slurry Lagoon ice were rudely disturbed by a Bittern as if swapped reed-beds in front of the Causeway bench. A flock of 25 Fieldfares were also seen, heading west.
This morning the fifty plus Lesser Redpolls were in birches at the dry end of the Slurry Lagoon. Six female Goosander flew over the Large Gravel Pit and at least one of them came in and landed. Later in the morning two Peregrines were seen taking a kill to the top of the new pylon. PS/IEP.
This morning, at the Enva plant, a Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull and a hybrid gull were seen. There were fifty Lesser Redpolls in the Slurry Lagoon birches and 150 Pink-footed Geese went through to the SW. There was also a single Raven seen, flying south. PR/MC
This morning a male Goosander flew upstream, over the site. Eighteen Lesser Redpolls were in a birch tree in the Slurry Lagoon reedbed near the southern end of the Causeway. PS.
In the afternoon a male and a female Bearded Tit were in the Slurry Lagoon reedbed. RW.