We started off from the Gateway Centre with a look at the
lake there. We’d soon seen wigeon,
coot,
great
crested grebe, mute
swan and heard a Cetti’s
warbler.
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| Great crested grebe |
Along the canal we picked up the first of what was to be
many robin.
Other species found along here were blackbird,
great
spotted woodpecker, blue
tit, great
tit, wren,
carrion
crow, magpie,
jackdaw
and woodpigeon.
As we worked our way through the village, robin and wren
were in good supply.
Along the lane we started adding more birds to our list,
namely: chaffinch,
dunnock,
goldcrest,
long-tailed
tit, treecreeper
and overhead was an elusive skylark.
As we headed along the old railway line, we had a brief view
of a grey
heron, as well as good views of rook
feeding in a field.
The highlight for me was seeing the group of nine curlew
drop into the gravel workings for a wash and brush up – brilliant! There were
also a couple of teal
and some black-headed
gull here.
We then worked our way along the edge of a small lake where
we saw tufted
duck, lesser
black-backed gull and a secretive little
grebe.
As we reached the main lake we saw a mass of Canada
goose with a single greylag
goose mixed in. We also had a great view of a grey
heron and a young lapwing
who managed to find and eat a worm!
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| Grey heron |
From there we headed
back through the village where we saw some impressive chickens, after a little
research I think they were Brahmas.
Finally, we headed back along the first lake we passed where
we had great views of cormorant
with their wings out stretched. (NA)
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