This morning at Long Nab there
were now 4 Wheatears in the field north of the Obs and 2 Chiffchaffs in the
long hedge/cover crop.
Around Wrench Green and
Wykeham Forest edge we had 4 Crossbills, 4 Brambling, 5 Chiffchaffs, 4
Bullfinches, 2 Common Buzzards, 3 Linnets, 2 Mandarin Ducks, a Lapwing, 3
Treecreepers and 2 Grey Wagtails.
In the Hilla Green area
reports included 2 Common Buzzards, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Sparrowhawks, a
pair of Mandarin Ducks, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Jays, 2 Bullfinches, a
Greenfinch and a Chiffchaff.
At Wykeham South Lake today 11
Shoveler, 60 Wigeon, a pair of Pintail, 4 Egyptian Geese, a Goosander, 8 Great
Crested Grebes, 22 Cormorants, 4 Oystercatchers, a Curlew, 8 Common Buzzards
and a Stonechat and on Johnson’s Marsh around midday a Shelduck, 23 Teal, 4
Tufted Ducks, an Oystercatcher and 32 Redshanks.
Other sightings in the area included
2 Red Kites over Barmoor Lane at 11.40; a female Black Redstart on the rough
ground at the back of the Corporation Depot on Dean Road; a singing Chiffchaff
at Crook Ness; a Little Egret and 18 Curlew on Cayton Carr; 2 Little Owls on
Thornton Carrs; 2 Mediterranean Gulls at Holbeck Car Park and a Green
Woodpecker was heard in the wood behind Cayton Bay.
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| Black Redstart - behind Corporation Depot, Dean Road - Paul James |
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