Sightings...

We went for a nice walk around Pensthorpe Nature Reserve today and it was a very profitable day for sightings.. (c=captive)
3 x Common Buzzard
Fieldfares by the field load
Sparrows
Egyptian Geese (c)
Greylag Geese (c&wild)
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Moorhens
Blackbirds
Kestrel
Red Breasted Geese (c)
Ross' Geese (c)
Smew (c)
Merganser(c)
Hooded Merganser (c)
Goldeneye (c&wild)
Red Crested Pochard (c)
Mandarin (c)
Swan Geese (c)
Pochard
Bar Headed Geese (c)
Storks (c)
Coot
Black Headed Gull
Lesser Black Back Gulls
Oyster Catchers
Mallards (c)
Barnacle Geese (c)
Pintails (c&w)
Carrion Crow
Great Crested Grebe
Tree Creeper
Great Tit
Longtailed Tit
Pheasants
2 x Kingfisher
Tufted Ducks
Cormorants
Mute Swans
Shovelers
Shelducks
Garganeys
Lapwings
Wigeon
Rooks
Water Rail HEARD
Bittern HEARD
Teal
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Dunnock
Robin
Green Finch
Hare
Rabbit
Eurasian Cranes (c)

plus the following flowers were in bloom..
Violets
Narcissi
Iris
Snowdrops
Anemone
Helibores
Primrose
Crocus

So all in all, a very nice walk. Photos to follow x