West Stow / Lackford Sunday 6th February 2000

A very mild day with some blue sky. Lackford Wildfowl Reserve adjoins West Stow Country Park and is an award winning nature reserve on the outskirts of Bury St. Edmunds which illustrates how worked-out gravel pits can be reclaimed for recreational and conservation purposes. The reserve has several hides and is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust primarily for wildfowl.


 Armed against the cold, the Southend RSPB Group at the entrance to Lackford Wildfowl Reserve

Species Seen????

  1. Barnacle Goose
  2. Black-Headed Gull
  3. Blue Tit
  4. Bullfinch
  5. Canada Goose
  6. Carrion Crow
  7. Chaffinch
  8. Coal Tit
  9. Common Gull
  10. Coot
  11. Cormorant
  12. Crossbill
  13. Dunnock
  14. Egyptian Goose
  15. Gadwall
  16. Great Black Backed Gull
  17. Great Crested Grebe
  18. Great spotted Woodpecker
  19. Great Tit
  20. Greenfinch
  21. Green Woodpecker
  22. Grey Heron x16
  23. Goldcrest
  24. Goldeneye
  25. Goldfinch
  26. Goosander
  27. Herring Gull
  28. Jackdaw
  29. Jay
  30. Kestrel
  31. Kingfisher
  32. Lapwing
  33. Lesser Black Backed Gull
  34. Little Grebe
  35. Long Tailed Tit
  36. Magpie
  37. Mallard
  38. Mistle Thrush
  39. Moorhen
  40. Mute Swan
  41. Nuthatch
  42. Pheasant
  43. Pied Wagtail
  44. Pochard
  45. Redpoll
  46. Robin
  47. Rook
  48. Shelduck
  49. Shoveler Duck
  50. Siskin
  51. Sparrowhawk
  52. Starling
  53. Teal
  54. Tufted Duck
  55. Wigeon
  56. Wood Pigeon
  57. Wren
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????????????????????????? View from one of the many hides at Lackford

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???????????????????????????????? View across the lake at West Stow

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????????????? The wonderful Crossbill seen by some luckier members of our party