Bolton Ings - 3rd November

Cold this morning, 6c mainly clear, blustery with squally showers. A good start with 61 Pink Footed Geese over east at 08.55 then a Buzzard drifted south. Loads of dabbling duck on the western pool included a record 230 Gadwall and a fine drake Pintail. At 10.45 a flock of ducks flew up the valley over to Old Moor (flushed from Adwick?) included 107 Mallard. Later around midday 10 Black Tailed Godwits flew West. Finally 2 Goldcrests were with a Long Tailed Tit flock on Warbler Way. Full list :- Grey Heron 3, Mute Swan 10, Canada Goose 21, Grey Lag Goose 2, Pink Footed Goose 61, Cormorant 9, Great Crested Grebe 7, Little Grebe 14, Mallard 16 + 107 over, Gadwall 237, Teal 23 + 3 over, Shoveler 16, Wigeon 40 + 3 over, Pintail 1 drake, Tufted Duck 21, Pochard 19, Coot 274, Moorhen 14, Lapwing 33, Snipe 1, Black Tailed Godwit 10, Black Headed Gull 84, Common Gull 17, LBB Gull 3, Buzzard 1, Kestrel 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Jay 5, Kingfisher 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Goldcrest 2, Skylark 1.