The first of this year's
WeBS walks took place over the weekend. I wasn't around on the Saturday, but 7 members of the
Chesterfield RSPB Group went down and carried out the count (thanks a lot everyone). Luckily I was free on Sunday, so I managed to get down for a few hours, which was great because the freezing temperatures (minus 3 at 9am today), made everything look really nice. I couldn't resist taking a few "arty" shots of frozen leaves and shots of the boardwalk in the frost, so here they are:
Oak leaf
Top reservoir
The following waterbirds were seen over the weekend:
10 Goosander (our higest ever count!), 3 Teal, 10 Coot, 6 Moorhen, 75 Mallard, 24 Tufted Duck, 82 Black-headed Gulls, 41 Mandarins, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Cormorant, 1 Goldeneye (the young male first seen in 2011), 2 Grey Herons, 1 Great-crested Grebe and 1 Little Grebe.
As well as all these waterbirds I was lucky enough to see a small flock of
Siskin, which were "buzzed" by a small, male
Sparrowhawk as well as 3
Mistle Thrush and 2
Fieldfares which were feeding in the fields by the main entrance.
New additions to the Year List were:
60 – Treecreeper
61 – Grey Wagtail
62 - Siskin
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