On Tuesday, my nephew and I went down to Attenborough Nature Reserve. We had a walk around the reserve and added a few more species to the Year List.
The main species we were after was Caspian Gull, and we managed to spot an adult bird from Tower Hide. We also had a darvic- ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull, ND30. I'll add the details when I hear back from the scheme. Other new birds seen were numbers 68 - 82. Numbers 63 - 66 were seen in Alnmouth on 3rd, excluding the Red Kite, that was seen over the M1 around Leeds on the journey home.
After Attenborough, we drove across to Clifton Pastures, where Luke saw a Hen Harrier (I didn't!). We also added numbers 83 and 84 there.
Our final stop was Alvaston Park, where we had a quick, half an hour, check of the gulls. We spotted Danish ringed Black-headed Gull, VA4073, Canada Goose U48 and a Mute Swan with ring number 862Y. This swan was ringed at Cusworth Hall, Doncaster, on 10th August 2018 as a bird born that year (3). Luke saw her at Attenborough NR on 25th January 2020, and a friend of his saw her at Alvaston Park on 7th November 2020. Our final "tick" of the day was number 85, Ring-necked Parakeet, with 3 birds seen.
Year List update:
63 - Wren
64 - Jay
65 - Coot
66 - Red Kite
67 - Greenfinch
68 - Canada Goose
69 - Greylag Goose
70 - Egyptian Goose
71 - Goosander
72 - Gadwall
73 - Tufted Duck
74 - Cetti's Warbler
75 - Caspian Gull
76 - Lesser Black-backed Gull
77 - Reed Bunting
78 - Song Thrush
79 - Fieldfare
80 - Water Rail (heard)
81 - Moorhen
82 - Long-tailed Tit
83 - Linnet
84 - Kestrel
85 - Ring-necked Parakeet
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