16-08-15 Stockers Lake and Bury Lake

A morning visit to conduct a wetland bird survey provided the following species:-
Great Crested Grebe (18), Great Cormorant (2), Little Egret (1), Grey Heron (2), Mute Swan (47), Canada Goose (37), Gadwall (18), Mallard (18), Common Pochard (2), Tufted Duck (64), Common Buzzard (1), Common Moorhen (5), Eurasian Coot (282), Black-headed Gull (26), Lesser black-backed Gull (1), Common Tern (1), Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Ring-necked Parakeet, Common Kingfisher (1), Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, House Martin, Barn Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, European Robin, Common Blackbird, Cetti's Warbler (1), Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Common Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Common Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Common Starling, House Sparrow, Common Chaffinch, European Goldfinch.
At Bury Lake a pair of Common Moorhen were noted with young while at Stockers Lake a duck Tufted Duck was present with two small ducklings. Along the bank of the River Colne near the meadow at Stockers Lake a singing male Cetti's Warbler was heard briefly.