Rutland Water

June 16, 2001

A rainy afternoon resulted in a terrible cold and 6 species new for me in England.

Allow me an opinion: It is one of the best places of Leicestershire/Rutland for birding, but it is hopelessly artificial. Nature engineering can be done in a much more invisible way. And the accomodation is expensive, cold and cramped.

  1. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
  2. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
  3. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
  4. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
    5. NEW.
  5. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
  6. Greylag Goose Anser anser
  7. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
  8. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
  9. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
  10. Gadwall Anas strepera
  11. Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
  12. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  13. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
  14. Common Pochard Aythya ferina
  15. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
  16. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    17. NEW.
  17. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
  18. Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
  19. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
  20. Common Coot Fulica atra
  21. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
  22. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
  23. Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
  24. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
  25. Common Redshank Tringa totanus
  26. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
    27. NEW.
  27. Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
    28. NEW. Hard to recognize colours in summerplumage. Feeding in mud.
  28. Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
  29. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
  30. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
  31. Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
  32. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
  33. European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
    34. NEW. Calling at end of afternoon.
  34. Common Swift Apus apus
    35. In big number > 300.
  35. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
  36. Sky Lark Alauda arvensis
  37. Sand Martin Riparia riparia
  38. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
  39. House Martin Delichon urbica
  40. White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
  41. Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
  42. Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis
  43. European Robin Erithacus rubecula
  44. Common Blackbird Turdus merula
  45. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
  46. Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
  47. Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
  48. Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  49. Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
  50. Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
  51. Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
  52. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
    53. NEW. In garage of house at beginning of path to reserve.
  53. Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
  54. Great Tit Parus major
  55. Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
  56. Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
  57. Carrion / Hooded Crow Corvus corone
  58. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
  59. Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
  60. European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
  61. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
  62. Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
  63. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

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)