North Cave Wetlands with a dusting of snow

We ventured out in the freezing temperatures for a winter walk in North Cave Wetlands. Clear skies and a breeze strong enough to make you feel the biting cold. The feeders were teeming with flocks of chirping Tree Sparrows and Chaffinches. Most of the wildfowl on the west side of the reserve concentrated on a patch of water free of ice. Highlights were a couple of Buzzards gliding over us and a Kestrel hovering over the Turret hide.

Bird list

1. Black-headed Gull 

2. Blackbird 

3. Blue Tit 

4. Buzzard 

5. Carrion Crow 

6. Chaffinch 

7. Collared Dove 

8. Common Gull 

9. Coot 

10. Dunnock

11. Feral Pigeon 

12. Goldfinch 

13. Great Tit 

14. Greylag Goose 

15. Herring Gull 

16. Jackdaw 

17. Kestrel 

18. Long-tailed Tit 

19. Magpie 

20. Mallard 

21. Moorhen 

22. Pheasant 

23. Robin 

24. Rook 

25. Starling 

26. Teal 

27. Tree Sparrow 

28. Tufted Duck

29. Wigeon

30. Woodpigeon