A frosty walk along the disused railway to Deep Hayes Country Park including list of birds seen in the park.

About ten Snipe feeding in wet grassland near Hazlehurst Junction 13/12/2014.

Close up of Snipe through fence along disused railway 13/12/2014.

Five Bullfinches feeding on Silver Birch seeds.

Close-up of two of the Bullfinches.  

A view of frozen flooded fields towards Dunwood from the disused railway line.

Another view towards Dunwood. 

Yet another view towards Dunwood.

View of deep Hayes Country Park from hillside on east side of park. 

Another view across the park from the east.

The middle pool with Goosanders swimming across. 

List of birds and mammals seen in the quarry and pools area of Deep Hayes Country Park. 

Deep Hayes Country Park	13/12/2014 and 16/12/2014	Notes
Mallard	About 40	16 on middle pool 20 on bottom pool
Tufted Duck	About 5	males and females
Mandarin Duck	2 pairs
Tufted Duck	About 5	males and females
Goosander	About 7	males and females
Coot	7
Moorhen	About 6
Little Grebe	1
possible Water Rail		skulking near reedmace bed
Kingfisher	1	briefly perched in tree by little pool by bird hide
Buzzard	1	flying over
Pheasant	1
Goldcrest	1
Dunnock	1
Chaffinch	3	from bird hide
Wren	13 plus3	heard
Blackbird	21 plus
Coal Tit	3 plus	from bird hide
Long -Tailed Tit	About 8	from bird hide first day and in tree tops second day
Blue Tit	22 plus
Great Tit	6 plus
Willow Tit (possible)	1	feeding in front of bird hide
Marsh Tit	1
Robin	5 plus
Nuthatch	5 plus
Woodpigeon	4
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Jackdaw	About 18
Jay	1
Carrion Crow	2
Fieldfare	3
At least 30 bird species.
Grey Squirrels	4	feeding in front of bird hide plus more in woodland
Red Fox		attempted to catch bird feeding in front of bird hide first day and another (perhaps same one ) seen second day