10 October 2016 - Hollingworth Lake

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c.8 Siskin, 2 Snipe, Gadwall, Wigeon

A cool and calm morning again, fairly bright, but with a bank of cloud in the North East keeping the bright sunshine at bay.  A Grey Wagtail was on the shoreline close to the car park, and then little else until a female Bullfinch just before the gate by the stream.  Around 4 or 5 Tufted Duck (there have been 6 present) were in the bay here, and the drake Gadwall was here too with Mallard.

Walking around the perimeter, I heard the unmistakable "tsee-oo" of Siskin and looking up, a small party of around 8 landed in the top of an Alder close by, giving reasonable views.  A van appeared though and they flew off.

On the reserve a Wigeon was feeding with the Teal, and two Snipe were standing at the edge of the island.  As I approached the hide, Kingfisher Pete was there, clicking away at the Kingfisher on a post just to the right of the hide.  It flew off though when I entered.  

A Jay flew across in Bib Knowl Valley, but little else then as I walked around until the far side where a couple of Great Crested Grebes were in Queens Bay and in gardens of the houses approaching the Beach Hotel, were a Goldcrest and a Coal Tit.

2 Snipe on the island on 10 October