Great to pay Middleton Lakes a long overdue visit today, same old story, we got there and had the car park to ourselves, the bonus of that being we also had the reserve to ourselves for a good couple of hours before we even saw a human being and hence nobody to flush any birds out from were they were.
Highlights of the day were getting up close and personal to the birds by the bridge where people leave mealworms etc, birds there were Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Dunnock and on the way back a male Pheasant appeared very briefly, I say briefly because dog walkers and their dogs scared it off, bloody inconsiderate humans ! Songbird of the day was the sighting of not one Treecreeper but a whole flock of them near the farmers field but that didn't detract from the sighting of plenty of humble House Sparrow, water fowl wise it was great to see a Water Rail near the bird feeders but unfortunately about six fighting Grey Squirrels scared it back into the reeds hence ruining any photo opportunity, also nice to see where plenty of Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Shelduck, Gadwall, Widgeon, Teal, Greylag Geese and one of my favourite water birds, the great looking Shoveler, it was also pleasure to see so many Grey Heron and Little Egret on the reserve.
Birds seen today were, Kestrel, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Starling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Pheasant (Cock), Cormorant, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Widgeon, Teal, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Moorhen, Coot, Greylag Goose and Canada Goose.
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