Quick look at CWP

5 Feb - the redhead Smew still present on pits 28a/29 this morning, sadly no male yet despite the recent cold weather and easterlies. Good numbers of Goosander currently throughout the park, with a flock of no less than 23 birds on pit 56 at Neigh bridge. Also here, a flock of 20 or so Siskins feeding in the alders, a traditional site for them but the first I have seen this winter in the Water Park. A calling Nuthatch at Lower Moor, the only spot I know of for this species in CWP. The YB Warbler still present but typically elusive, and now 3 Short-eared Owls at Blakehill, perhaps an influx with the recent cold snap?