Monday 18th April 0615-1145
There seemed to be a lot of passerines across the reserve but the biting westerly wind kept them both down and quiet.
NORTH MOORS
1 Teal, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, Water Rail, no sign of Grasshopper Warbler, Goldcrest, 2 Yellow Wagtail flew north calling
MOORS POOL
4 Oystercatcher (birds now sitting in both Broadmeadow and Amy's Marsh), 2 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler (4 pairs), 4 Gadwall (2 pairs), 4 Teal, 83 Tufted Duck, 3 GC Grebe, 6+ Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 41 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swans +3 interlopers, 30 Coot, 8 Moorhen, Water Rail, 2 LBB Gull, 9 BH Gull nests, Jay, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Pheasant, Raven, Mistle Thrush, 1+ Lesser Redpoll, Nuthatch, 4 Willow Warblers singing, notable increase in Blackcaps, Sedge Warbler considerably outnumbered Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat south of East Hide, 3+ Cetti's Warbler
Alan H had a Yellow Wagtail over the east path.
Roe Deer in the A38 field as I arrived; 2 later ran round the southern edge of the Moors Pool towards the Education Reserve and Alan had them walk passed the back of the East Hide.
SAILING POOL
2 Mute Swan, 20 Canada Geese, 3 GC Grebe, 5 Coot, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2+ Willow Warbler, singing Goldcrest, female Redstart in scrub between southern shore and climbing frames (only 10 foot from the location of last week's bird)
FLASHES
6 LRP, 23 Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel until 10:05 when flew off north, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Shoveler (5 males and 1 female), 4 Shelduck (2 pairs), 3 Gadwall (pair and male), 3 Tufted Duck, 10 Moorhen, 4 Canada Geese, 3 LBB Gull, hybrid Med x BHG still sitting, 1 Grey Heron, Kestrel, Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler
A total of 65 species.