A big thank you to everyone that turned up at 7-00 this morning for our second guided bird walk. Again arranged by Matt the park ranger and along with Mark and myself we enjoyed your company and the banter. Undoubtedly the star attraction was the Great Crested Grebe with her four youngster's on her back being fed by dad . And the amazing site of a Long-tailed Tits nest close by the track with the adults feeding young with there heads hanging out the nest. Thanks to Mark for bringing his telescope and allowing very close views of both the Grebe's and Long-tails. A few birds were missing today that we normally connect with but everybody went away happy and that's what counts. We also noted three Small White Butterflies and a single Speckled Wood. We will arrange another one for the winter hopefully to connect with some of the meres wintering wildfowl. Full list below from this morning's walk.
1 Grey Heron
2 Cormorant
3 G C Grebe
4 Tufted Duck
5 Mallard
6 Coot
7 Moorhen
8 Mute Swan
9 Lesser Black Backed Gull
10 Black Headed Gull
11 Song Thrush
12 Blackbird
13 Mistle Thrush
14 House Sparrow
15 Blue Tit
16 Great Tit
17 Long-tailed Tit
18 Coal Tit
19 Starling
20 Chiffchaff
21 Blackcap
22 Swallow
23 Sand Martin
24 House Sparrow
25 Carrion Crow
26 Jackdaw
27 Woodpigeon
28 Feral Pigeon
29 Collared Dove
30 Swift
31 Treecreeper
32 Chaffinch
33 Goldfinch
34 Bullfinch
35 Pied Wagtail
36 Grey Wagtail
37 Robin
38 Wren
39 Dunnock
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