May 2016

Beecroft Hide
​15.15hrs Fine North Easterly Wind
The Lake:  1 Mute Swan, 2hybrid Geese (1 Snow?, 1 White-footed Greylag & Canada?), 1 male Shelduck, 21 (18 male) Gadwell, 11 (8 male) Mallard, 8 (5 male) Shoveller, 10 (8 male) Pochard, 23 (14male) Tufted Duck, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Comorants, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 31 Coots, 9 Common Tern (7 on Island 9 & 2 on Island 8) & 115 Black-headed Gull nest.
Lapwing (2 prs Wader Meadow, 1 pr Winter Flood, 1 pr Lambland), 1 Oystercatcher, 2 redshank, 34 Sand Martin, 1 female Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 4 broods Canada Geese, 1 male Mute Swan & 4 Partridge.  CJC

19.15hrs  1 Common Sand, 1 male Teal, 1 Eygptian Goose, 1 Bittern (booming), Lapwing (1 x brood 3, 1 x brood 2) & Redshank 1 nest.  KR & IB