This Month’s Sightings

2^nd – 1 Sparrowhawk seen over Hillside garden

3^rd – Kestrel seen NE of Hicklin’s Bridge and another over Lower Heath Lane,  2 Water Rail seen in the reedbed at the treatment works,  3 Meadow Pipit,  1 Song Thrush (the first sighting since July) and 1 Goldcrest also seen at the treatment works,  c20 Long-tailed Tit and 1 Coal Tit seen in Findern Churchyard and 20+ Goldfinch seen at the Ballast Hole Pond

4^th – 2 Cormorant seen on the pylon SE of Mercia Marina wildlife pond,  1 Black Swan and 1 Tufted Duck seen at Mercia Marina,  1 Siskin seen at the Ballast Hole Pond