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 07-Mar-2010  6 Snipe in flight Warrington Knob
1 Redshank just Sth of Oldfield Lane holiday lets 		 .  dave williams  08/03/2010 
 07-Mar-2010  24 Whooper swans 1 Pink footed goose I Snipe 3 Redshank from wildlife centre swans still there at 4-00pm  .  Pete Furniss  08/03/2010 
 07-Mar-2010  Oystercatcher 1each from Paul Stanley, Sheepwash and Wildlife Centre Hides. G N Diver, 4 Curlew, 24 Whooper Swan, Raven(heard),Redshank seen from Sheepwash Hide.
Willow Tit,Tree Sparrow,Bullfinch & Reed Bunting at Feeding Station between Sheepwash and Wildlife Centre.
Water Rail & @ 50 Barnacle Goose from Wildlife Centre.
Little Owl seen in field to right of track from Wildlife Centre to Car ParK 		 .  Philip Burnham c/o Netherfield wildlife Group, Nottingham  08/03/2010 
 07-Mar-2010  24 Whooper Swans flew in at 09:30 and were still present when I left site at 10:30.
Also present 1 Dunlin on Stones Island,1 GN Diver and 4 Curlew. 		 .  Clive Ashton  07/03/2010 
 02-Mar-2010  Garganey  Male showed well on far side of bay from Visitor Centre from 14:20-14:40.   Dermot Smyth  03/03/2010 
 02-Mar-2010  Large area of the reservoir frozen over today, but an interesting day all the same.3 Curlew on Sheepwash spit, 2 More flew east and later a flock of 7-8 flew over middle wood.2 GN Divers beyond Fishtail creek.Pintail(f) at Sheepwash. Scaup(f) at Wildlife centre.  2 interesting records, both of which I missed, were sightings of an Otter at the Hopton end, and a male Garganey at the Wildlife centre.  Clive Ashton  02/03/2010 
 01-Mar-2010  Fairly quiet on site today. Very few birders and walkers. We only managed 29 species from Stones Island to the end of Wildlife Centre Creek around midday. Weather was good, sunny and quite mild. Of note: Barnacle Goose (46) - Horseshoe Island (HI), Pheasant (1,m) - calling near the Wildlife centre (WC), Oystercatcher (2) - Stones Island, Lapwing (~120) - HI, Curlew (3) - overflying WC creek, Redshank (1) -HI, Robin - many singing.   Of note: a single Squirrel - near WC. We see very few of this mammalian species at Carsington. Gorse has started to come into flower and two types of lichen have been seen on many of the trees. The yellow type lifts the trees, providing added colour at this dull time of year. We think the yellow variety is Xanthoria parietina. The blue-grey variety is difficult to pin down, many species are possible, thus we will not attempt an identification.

A Tittesworth Snippet: Tittesworth Water, another ST site and just 45 minutes drive from Carsington, provides another good wildlife experience. About 215 species of bird have been seen on site and today a massive count of 52 Goosanders was made. Although Wigeon have left Carsington 21 were observed at Tittesworth today.  		 Ray and Margaret Perry  01/03/2010 
 28-Feb-2010  10 Oystercatchers this morning - 2 on Big Island, 5 on Stones Is, 1 in front of Sailing Club and a pair mating on Millfields Is.
13 Goldeneye near dam wall. 2 Pochard at Millfields.
1 Skylark flying north.
2 Curlew flew east and 3 landed at Sheepwash.
At Sheepwash - drake Shoveler, drake Pintail, 48 Wigeon, juv Great Northern Diver.
In the air - 5 Buzzard, 2 Raven, Sparrow Hawk, Peregrine.
4 Song Thrush singing. 		 Very few wrens seen in recent weeks, obviously due to the weather, just 1 singing at Sheepwash this morning.  Roger Carrington  28/02/2010 
 26-Feb-2010  One kingfisher along stream leading into Brownale Bay.  Nice to see at least one survived the freezing weather.  dave williams  08/03/2010 
 25-Feb-2010  2 Great Northern Divers together from Sheepwash.
5 Shelduck flew north at Hopton end before returning a few minutes later,(with another or one of the same from Sheepwash later.)
2 Goosander towards Millfields, with probably several more on Millfields island.
No sign of Red necked Grebes at Hopton end.
2 Raven from Sheepwsh and an Oystercatcher on Big island. 		 .  Clive Ashton  25/02/2010 
 23-Feb-2010  February WeBS count : 2 Great Northern Diver,4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Red-necked Grebe, 22 Little Grebe, 6 Mute Swan,60 Canada Goose, 29 Cormorant, 6 Gadwall, 42 Teal,141 Mallard, 442 Tufted Duck, 19 Goldeneye, 2 Moorhen, 401 Coot, 4 Oystercatcher, 36 Lapwing,1 Woodcock(seen by Roger Carrington), 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine(seen by RC),1 Kestrel.  Extremely cold and 30% ice cover. This was supposed to be done on Sunday but snowfall prevented me from getting to Carsington.  Peter Gibbon  23/02/2010 
 23-Feb-2010  Since submitting WeBS count figures I am adding the following as seen by Roger Carrington later in the day. Great Crested Grebe will be 14,
an extra 3 Moorhen makes a total of 5 and he also saw 6 Wigeon.
Thank you Roger. 		 .  Peter Gibbon  23/02/2010 
 22-Feb-2010  On arrival at Carsington yesterday I was shocked to see so much ice. I reckon around 80% of the water was frozen over. In all my years of going I have never seen it so bad. There was still several large pockets of water where the wildfowl had gathered and one such area was sheepwash. From here I had 11 Goldeneye, 6 Gadwall and many Teal, Wigeon and Tufted Ducks. Also seen was 7 Oystercatchers, 4 Snipe, 3 Redshank, 2 Grey Heros, 3 Buzzards, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel. As the day went on I eventually picked out the 2 Great Northern Divers towards Fishtail Creek. I also possibly had the 2 Red-necked Grebes briefly towards Hopton End.  .  Dave Newcombe  23/02/2010 
 21-Feb-2010  One Red-necked Grebe just south of Big Island watched between 16.00 and 16.30 on Sunday. It was viewed from the lower track at the bottom of Hall Wood and occasionally drifted round to the eastern side of the island.   As Dave stated, the surface of the reservoir was frozen from one bank to the other. Fortunately, there was a pocket of open water, just south of Big Island.  Paul Bennett  23/02/2010 
 20-Feb-2010  2 Red necked Grebes (Between Big and Flat Islands)
2 Great Northern Divers(Sheepwash)
5 Shoveler (4m 1f Sheepwash)
Oystercatcher (returning bird with bar code ring on Sheepwash spit) 		 The 2 Grebes can be hard to locate as they hug the near bank at times, making viewing over the mounds of earth from the new path tricky.  Clive Ashton  20/02/2010 
 19-Feb-2010  1 Red-necked Grebe Hopton Arm. 1 Jack Snipe Hopton Arm near Reedbed area on mud at waters edge. Also sev' Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Pochard and 2 plus Buzzard in the top end area.  The Jack Snipe showed exceptionally well feeding and roosting on the waters edge for over 2 hours this PM after being seen to fly in.
The Red-necked Grebe also showed well in the top end of the Hopton Arm. 		 Steph Hicking  19/02/2010 
 17-Feb-2010  Very foggy on site around midday. Visibility at best 100m, therefore birding difficult. Low species count at 24. Of note: Lapwing (1), Redwing (1), Lesser Redpoll (10) - next to wildlife centre, and a pair of Bullfinches.  .  Ray and Margaret Perry  17/02/2010 
 16-Feb-2010  Red-necked Grebe at extreme end of Hopton arm.
50+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing,3 GS Woodpecker,2 Reed Bunting.
A Grey Heron was struggling to swallow the carcase of a gull at Sheepwash. 		 No sign of second RN Grebe, but could well still be on site.  Clive Ashton  16/02/2010 
 16-Feb-2010  Goldeneyes close in at Sheepwash
2 male 5 female. Courting calls and male displays very advanced! 		 For birds that are supposed to breed only in north Scotland I was surprised to see male mounting females.  Dave Farrer  16/02/2010 
 15-Feb-2010  1 Redshankin creek left of Wildlife centre
1 M Goldeneye Shining Ford Creek
1 Red Necked Grebe off Lane end hide. 		 .  Bob and Gill Smith  15/02/2010 
 15-Feb-2010  Red-necked Grebe at Sheepwash at c13.20 heading towards Lane End. I went to Lane End and had quite good views before it then headed back towards Sheepwash. I then went back to Sheepwash only to watch it disappear behind the spit. Unfortunatley it couldn't be re-located despite several birders looking. After a bit of perseverance some birders located 2 adults in Hopton Arm at 17.00. Also on site today was 2 Great Northern Divers, 8 Goldeneye, female Goosander, Oystercatcher, Yellow-legged Gull, Sparrowhawk, 45 Cormorants and 2 Grey Herons.   .  Dave Newcombe  15/02/2010 
 11-Feb-2010  3m + 1f Goldeneye, 1m Goosander and 1 Redshank.
Between Millfields and Holiday cottages. 		 .  Bob and Gill Smith  11/02/2010 
 11-Feb-2010  It was cold on site today with few visitors. We just worked from Stones Island to the Wildlife Centre. Nothing very unusual seen except for a high number of Magpies (15). We only found 23 species, all quite common but just as important and interesting to us. It was good to see various catkins and Daffodil shoots pushing up. Maybe Spring is on the way. Let's hope so.  .  Ray and Margaret Perry  11/02/2010 
 10-Feb-2010  2 Great Northern Divers, 6 Buzzards, 2 Ravens, 2 Sparrowhawks, 2 Snipe, 2 Grey Herons and 43 Barnacle Geese.   .  Dave Newcombe/Clive Ashton  10/02/2010 
 02-Feb-2010  2 Great Northern Divers present, a juvenile off Stones Island and an adult behind Millfields Island.
3 Shoveler at WLC.
 		 .  Clive Ashton  02/02/2010 
 01-Feb-2010  1 Great Northern Diver off Stones Island.
46 feral Barnacle Geese on Stones Island.
1 drake Goosander on Millfields Island.
149 Lapwing on Sailing Club foreshore.
55 Teal and 1 female Shoveler from Sheepwash. 		 .  Roger Carrington  01/02/2010 
 25-Jan-2010  Of note: Great Northern Diver (1) - off Horseshoe Island, Grey Heron (1) by Wildlife Centre Creek, Barnacle Goose (10) - flying with Canadas, Yellow-legged Gull (1) - by Wildlife Centre Creek eating a dead fish! Bullfinch (4; 3 males & one female) - near ranger base.  A Tittesworth Snippet: The latest Tittesworth site wildlife newsletter is available from the visitor centre reception. The bird sightings cover October to December 2009.   Ray and Margaret Perry  25/01/2010 
 20-Jan-2010  Great Northern Diver, female Scaup, female Peregrine, male Sparrowhawk, 2 Ravens, drake Goosander, Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Greylag Geese, 45 Barnacle Geese.   .  Dave Newcombe  20/01/2010 
 18-Jan-2010  Great Northern Diver, juv, near Millfields, 1200hrs.
Little Egret near Wildlife Centre.
Adult Yellow-legged Gull eating a Little Grebe on shoreline in front of Sailing Club, left the carcase and skin with feathers floating on the water.
2 Skylark flying east. 		 If you see this bird eating on site please send me any details, this is the third occasion of it eating a Little Grebe.  Roger Carrington  19/01/2010 
 18-Jan-2010  3m + 1f Goldeneye Dam wall
4m Goosander Millfields island
2 small egrets Horseshoe Island 		 .  Bob and Gill Smith  19/01/2010 
 18-Jan-2010  4 Goosanders, 8 Goldeneye, 4 Snipe, Peregrine, Raven, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 6 Siskin and Skylark.   .  Dave Newcombe/Clive Ashton  19/01/2010 
 17-Jan-2010  WeBS count for January: Mute Swan 28,Canada Goose 107,Wigeon 23(compared with 210 last Jan),Gadwal 36,Teal 49,Mallard 122,Pochard 134,Tufted Duck 596,Scaup 1, Goldeneye 12, Goosander 3,Great Northern Diver 1,Little Grebe 46,Great Crested Grebe 45,Cormorant 31,Grey Heron 3,Moorhen 11,Coot 1424,Lapwing 7,Snipe 2,Black-headed Gull 7,Common Gull 19,Lesser Black-backed Gull 27,Yellow-legged Gull 1.  Virtually all these numbers are well down on 18/01/2009.Quite incredibly the number of Mallard counted last year was 122 as well.Sorry for posting these so late on the web page.  Peter Gibbon and John Bradley  29/01/2010 
 11-Jan-2010  Female Scaup, female Pintail, Yellow-legged Gull, Little Egret, Raven, c40 Siskin, 7 Goldeneye, 3 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 6 Bullfinch and 2 Grey Heron.   .  Dave Newcombe  11/01/2010 
 06-Jan-2010  Juvenile Great Northern Diver off Stones Island, Yellow-legged Gull at Sheepwash, 8 Goldeneye, 18 Gadwall, Skylark, 10 Siskin, female Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Raven.  .  Dave Newcombe  07/01/2010 
 04-Jan-2010  Juv Great Northern Diver near Watersports Island.
Little Egret near Wildlife Centre until 1100hrs when it flew over dam and probably landed.
25 Barnacle Geese on Horseshoe Island.
35 Siskin by path to P S Hide. 		 .  Roger Carrington  04/01/2010 
 01-Jan-2010  1 Little Egret-Wildlife Centre near the fence that runs to the water on the left.
1 male Bullfinch-Wildlife Centre Feeders 		 .  Sam Pedley  01/01/2010 


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