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Reserve Bird List

Arctic Skua  (Stercorarius parasiticus)

An adult dark phase bird was watched from the South hide, to come from the direction of Brough, swoop over the Main Lake, do the same twice over the Reed-bed & then fly off over the ridge in the direction of Sancton on the early afternoon of 13th August 2006.

Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)

More often seen in the spring than the autumn (due to easier identification?), they are classically usually seen  flying straight through the reserve, especially in spring. Generally they are also associated with squally weather, arriving before a rain shower & departing pretty soon afterwards. The Main Lake being the usual venue. The only exception to this was in 2011, when 2 adults and a juvenile separately spent an exceptionally long time at the Main Lake during September. This spell included a Black tern as well

Numbers are usually low, with only a few annual records. This is a bird that requires luck to be seen on the reserve.

Year

April

May

July

August

September

2002

 

Single, Village Lake 5th

 

 

 

2004

 

 

 

 

One briefly Main lake 24th

2005

2 Village Lake on the 26th

 

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

2 adults on the Reed-bed on the 1st, single on the 18th

 

2007

 

Briefly on the 4th

 

 

 

2008

 

 

1 on the 19th & 21st

2 on the Main Lake after a rain storm on the 12th

 

2009

1 on the Reed-bed, afternoon of the 17th

2 Main Lake on the evening of the 16th, one on the 17th

2 on the Reed-bed on the evening of the 21st

 

 

2010

 

1 on the Main Lake 7th

 

 

Main Lake on the 4th

2011

 

3 on the 5th, 1 on the 21st & 22nd

 

 

Adult present on the Main Lake 9th to 14th, different adult on the 16th to 26th, joined by juvenile from 19th to 26th

2012

 

5 through on the 5th, single on the 7th