It was cold (3 degrees) and there were snow flurries as I arrived at Linacre on Friday for my first visit of 2022. I spent two hours on site and recorded 36 species.
Birds seen were: Magpie, Carrion Crow, Redwing (c.60 feeding in the field by the main drive, along with c.50 Starlings, 2 Mistle Thrushes and 1 Fieldfare), 30 Black-headed Gulls, Woodpigeon, Nuthatch, Bullfinch (1 pair by the bottom car park), Blue, Great, Coal and Long-tailed Tit, Jay, Goldcrest, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Robin, Blackbird, Siskin, 20 Tufted Duck, 119 Mallard, Pheasant, 17 Moorhen (15 adults and 2 juveniles), 10 Coots, 3 male Goosanders, 1 Kingfisher (on the middle reservoir), 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 Little Grebe, Dunnock, 3 Mandarin Duck (2 males and 1 female), Wren, Common Buzzard , 1 Kestrel and a male Teal (the first record of a male since April 2019 and the first record since October 2020, when a female was present).
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