Wednesday, 21 May 2014

An evening chorus at Rudyard Lake.

 Here is a list of birds seen and/or heard at Rudyard Lake between 16:00 and 18:00 on May 21st 2014. 40 species in total.



Seen/
heard 2014
Sunny periods, fair weather cloud, calm - water high.

Warblers


1
Blackcap
yes

2
Willow Warbler
yes

3
Chiffchaff
yes

4
(Common) Whitethroat
yes

5
Garden Warbler
yes


Lesser Whitethroat



Grasshopper Warbler



Sedge Warbler











Finches


6
Chaffinch
yes

7
Goldfinch
yes


Greenfinch
no

8
Bullfinch
no









9
Reed Bunting
yes


Pheasant
no

10
Great Spotted Woodpecker
yes






Pigeons/Doves


11
Woodpigeon
yes

12
Collared Dove
yes





13
Pied Wagtail
yes

14
Grey Wagtail
yes

15
Wren
yes

16
Dunnock
yes






Thrushes


17
Blackbird
yes

18
Song Thrush
yes


Mistle Thrush
no





19
Robin
yes


Spotted Flycatcher
no

20
Goldcrest
yes

21
Common Redstart
yes
On east side in tree tops on l.h.s. Of track and adj. Pasture near conservation area

Tits


22
Long-tailed Tit
yes

23
Willow Tit
yes
N. end
24
Coal Tit
no

25
Blue tit
yes

26
Great Tit
yes


Marsh Tit
no





27
Nuthatch
yes


Treecreeper
no


Corvids


28
Carrion Crow
yes

29
Jackdaw
yes

30
Rook
yes
Rookery Cliffe Wood

Jay
no

31
Magpie
yes


Raven
no





32
House Sparrow
yes


Other possibilities


33
Mallard
yes

34
Great Crested Grebe
yes

35
Coot
yes

36
Mute Swan
yes

37
Gull species
yes
Single Lesser Black-backed Gull flying over
38
Canada Goose
yes

39
Oystercatcher
yes
Two on spit on E. side
40
Swallow
yes


House Martin
no

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