Sunny Suffolk – Lackford Lakes

Paid just our second visit of the year to Lackford Lakes Nature Reserve in the hope of seeing the Siskins that had been reported there this week. We stopped off at the ringing hut where two of the Suffolk Wildlife Trust team had netted various birds (Treecreeper, Blue, Great and Marsh Tits, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Robin, and others) and were carefully recording the recatches and ringing any new catches for their conservation efforts. So, what did we see on the day? Not in order of sighting but loosely grouped: Siskin Goldfinch Redpoll Great Tit Blue Tit Long-tailed Tit Coal Tit Marsh Tit Dunnock Robin Nuthatch Wren Treecreeper Blackbird Song Thrush Starling Green Woodpecker Sparrowhawk Common Buzzard Kestrel Cormorant Goldeneye Mallard Tufted Duck Gadwall Wigeon Pochard Shelduck Shoveller Little Grebe Moorhen Coot Greylag Goose Canada Goose Egyptian Goose Grey Heron Black-headed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Jay Rook Jackdaw Wood Pigeon Collared Dove Treecreeper being ringed Treecreeper Robin Blue Tit Marsh Tit Male Siskin (left) and what looks like two Redpolls). There were a couple of dozen Siskins around.
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs