Watermead Park

March 17, 2001

A somewhat windy and rainy and therefore rather cold afternoon in a muddy Watermead. Watermead Park can be reached can be reached by bus 66 to Birstall (2 connections per hour on Saturday, 1 connection on Sunday) from Leicester or bus 104/105 to Loughborough via Thurmaston.

12 Redshanks together with 2 Goosanders were probably the most interesting observations. Spring was far away on this day...

  1. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
  2. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
  3. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
  4. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea: several breeding pairs
  5. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
  6. Greylag Goose Anser anser
  7. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
  8. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
  9. Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
  10. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  11. Common Pochard Aythya ferina
  12. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
  13. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula: 2 ex
  14. Goosander Mergus merganser: 2 ex
  15. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
  16. Common Coot Fulica atra
  17. Common Redshank Tringa totanus: 12 ex
  18. Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
  19. Mew Gull Larus canus
  20. Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
  21. Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
  22. European Robin Erithacus rubecula
  23. Common Blackbird Turdus merula
  24. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
  25. Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
  26. Great Tit Parus major
  27. Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
  28. Carrion / Hooded Crow Corvus corone
  29. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
  30. Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
  31. European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
  32. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

Fer-Jan de Vries

Nomenclature follows Voous’s List of Recent Holarctic Bird Species (BOU 1977, revised edition). English names are as in BOU Checklist of Birds of Britain and Ireland (6th Edition, 1992)