Monday 6 October 2014

A morning in Leicestershire - October 5, 2014

Dave and I went to Dean’s Lane this morning in the hope of seeing some visible migration.  When we arrived Roger and Steve were already there and indicated it was very quiet.  There was some migration but it was very slow and by 10:00 had almost stopped and so Dave and I decided to go to Swithland Reservoir before heading off home.  The best at Dean’s Lane were a couple of Siskin but as always there were Buzzard, Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Nuthatch and we did hear a Chiffchaff.


On reaching the southern causeway at Swithland Reservoir there were numerous wildfowl on the southern section, mainly Wigeon but there was also Gadwall; Mallard; Shoveler and Tufted Duck and we did find ten Mandarin and Grey Wagtail.  There were far fewer birds on the northern section with Teal and Great Crested Grebe being the dominate species and we also found a single Goldeneye and a Little Egret.

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