Visit to Beaufort Ponds, 28th April 2026

A bitterly cold, dull but dry day for walking around but we did see or hear 19 species:

  • Wood Pigeons
  • Herring Gulls
  • Mallard Ducks
  • Robins
  • Swallows
  • Coot
  • Chaffinch
  • Magpie
  • Common Gulls (one taking a newly hatched coot chick) 
  • Jackdaws
  • Canada Geese
  • Swans (one building nest in middle of the water, the other fending off Canada Goose)
  • Moorhen
  • House Martin
  • Great Tit
  • Wren
  • Dunnock
  • Goldfinch
  • Blackbird
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