A cold but sunny day as we made our way around the reserve. We started at the quarry car park and in the field in front of the car park were several redwing. Oystercatchers, lapwing, black-headed and common gulls on Flask Lake. We then walked to the reedbed viewing hide where we addded tufted duck and pheasant to our list.
We returned to the car park via Kiln Lake and admired the new viewing screen.
Wigeon teal.mallard, shoveler, gadwall and little grebe were busy on the lake.
35 birds on our day list. We then drove to the other part of the reserve.
Pleasant though the sun was the wind had a cold bite. Lots of curlews
There were just over 100 in this group, and this was one of several groups. Andy left to go home and I went to the Tanfield Hide.
A long line of oystercatchers and gulls. Redshank, ruff, lapwing, golden plover and ringed plover feeding at the waters edge.
A very pleasant day with 2 year ticks and a day list of 48.
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