Saturday 25 December 2021

 Weather: Overcast with a moderate easterly breeze.

Sightings from Ringmere:

Mute Swan (2)

Shoveler (13)

Gadwall (25)

Mallard (10)

Teal (46)

Tufted Duck (15)

Coot (35)

Little Grebe (2)

Sightings from Langmere:

Mute Swan (8)

Egyptian Goose (4)

Shelduck (2)

Shoveler (24)

Gadwall (27)

Wigeon (4 - drake and three females)

Mallard (76)

Teal (107)

Pochard (2 - drake and female)

Tufted Duck (11)

Moorhen (22)

Coot (5)

Little Grebe (1)

Black-headed Gull (139)

Common Gull (1)

Herring Gull (10)

Yellow-legged Gull (6 - all adult winters)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (796)

Sadly no sign of the Iceland Gull this evening, though six Yellow-legged Gull was one of my highest counts at East Wretham. 

 

Rest of the reserve:

Stock Dove (3 - flying over Ringmere)

Woodpigeon

Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)

Green Woodpecker (1)

Jay

Jackdaw

Rook

Carrion Crow

Coal Tit

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Long-tailed Tit

Goldcrest

Wren

Song Thrush

Mistle Thrush (1)

Redwing

Blackbird

Robin

Dunnock

Chaffinch

Goldfinch

Siskin

A total of 42 species in about three hours of birding on the reserve.