Common Scoter – 4th April
Late this morning a flock of eleven Common Scoters (8 males and 3 females) settled on the Slurry Lagoon and […]
Little Ringed Plover – 28th March
This morning a Little Ringed Plover was seen on the Wader Scrape. JMD. There are now several Chiffchaffs singing and
Red-crested Pochard – 14th March
This afternoon a Chiffchaff was singing along the Lower Path and a Redshank was heard calling as it flew over
Red Kite – 2nd March
This morning at about 09.30 a Red Kite flew low across the Slurry Lagoon. There are still 57 Mute Swans
Whooper Swan – 24th February
Today four Whooper Swans joined the Mute Swan herd feeding in the oil-seed rape field across the river. In fields
Mute Swan – 19th February
Across the river from the reserve, a herd of almost sixty Mute Swans are feeding on the rape field. Most
Brambling – 4th February
The Chaffinch flock feeding beside the Ouse Dyke path still contains at least one male Brambling. PS.
Pintail – 28th January
The drake Pintail is still present on the Large Gravel Pit. It likes to nestle into the willows along the
Egyptian Goose – 27th January
Two Egyptian Geese were on the flooded fields, upstream of the railway bridge, this afternoon. The flock of Chaffinches along
Tree Sparrow – 19th January
This morning a large flock of finches and sparrows was in the field at the beginning of the Ouse Dyke,