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Winter

Winter officially arrives towards the end of December (the winter solstice is on or around the 21st). It is a great time of year to wrap-up warm and take a walk around your local lake to spot the many different types of wildfowl that have come to visit us for winter. Take our Winter Ducks Spotting Sheet (below) with you and a pair of bins (binoculars) and see which ones you can spot.

Some Winter Wildfowl (click for more details)


Shoveler
Golden Eye
Wigeon
Teal
Pochard

It's important to feed birds at this time of year. You can do this by putting-out some bird food, nuts and seeds in your garden. You will be surprised at just how many different types of birds will visit (Goldfinches are particularly fond of nyjer seed and sunflower hearts). Use bird feeders and keep everything clean and tidy to prevent birds from catching diseases and to prevent unwelcome visitors like rats. You can also make bird cakes too - click here for instructions (printable PDF document). Try our Garden Birds Spotting Sheets (below) and see how many visit you. Look out for Snowdrops in January - the first wildflower of the year.

Winter related Spotting Sheets (click for the full, printable PDF versions)


Winter Ducks
Water Birds
Garden Birds 1
Garden Birds 2