Birds seen at Rudyard Lake during November and December 2013.

Here is a list of birds seen during three visits to spot winter birds at Rudyard Lake. The numbers are an indication of how many were present during each visit. Some species, such as Snipe and Willow Tit were only see on one occasion out of three visits.

Black-headed Gull	300+ birds in flocks	Lapwing	c140
Blackbirds	c6 birds	Lesser Black-backed Gull	c20
Blue Tit	c10	Long-Tailed Tit	c16
Brambling	flocks of 20+ birds amongst Beech trees	Magpie	3
Bullfinch	2 pairs	Mallard	c70 birds (ducks and drakes)
Buzzard	1	Mandarin Duck	pair
Canada Geese	flock of about 60 birds	Mute Swan	3 juvenile birds
Carrion Crow	c12	Nuthatch	c8 birds
Chaffinch	c7 birds	Pheasant	1
Coal Tit	c8 birds	Pied Wagtail	1
Cormorant	c6 birds	Redwing	c5 with Fieldfares
Dunnock	1	Robin	c6 birds
Fieldfare	small flock with Redwings	Rook	c10
Goldeneye	1 solitary drake	Siskin	3
Goldfinch	flock of c 20	Snipe	2
Goosander	3+ pairs	Starling	flock of c 30
Great Crested Grebe	c6 birds	Teal	c20 (ducks and drakes)
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	Tree Creeper	2
Great Tit	c20	Wigeon	c10 (ducks and drakes)
Grey Heron	2	Willow or Marsh Tits	c3
Grey Wagtail	1	Woodpigeon	in trees and flocks flying over
House Sparrow	c8 birds	Wren	3
Jackdaw	c14	TOTAL	46 Species
Jay	c4	Grey Squirrel	3

The north end of Rudyard Lake.