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Lake District wildlife

In recent times, barnacle geese have been recorded throughout the year. Mallard are common. Mute swans also accept food from visitors. Muscovy ducks have appeared among the throng. Friars Crag, near the Keswick boat landings, is a vantage point for this lake, though a birdwatcher will see more bird species in one of the sheltered bays, such as Calf Close, a little to the south, and a cruise in one of the motor craft that maintain a regular service to landing stages around the lake is recommended for those seeking more timid species, including winter ducks notably pilchard and pintail. Greylag geese, which were reintroduced to Lakeland as a nesting species via a breeding scheme by the Duddon, nest widely and you may see a good-sized wintering flock grazing in a field beside the busy A66 or commuting between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake. A few pairs of grey lags nest on the islands.

Wintering teal might be seen in the River Daren\'t, which connects the two big lakes. Birds seen at Boathouse Field, a reserve of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust at Portinscale, on the northwest shore of Derwentwater, include the siskin, a small bird with a black crown and much yellow on its plumage. A prime bird watching place is the shallow, boggy area at the head of Bassenthwaite Lake. The land is private but can be viewed by using a footpath from a parking area beside the A66.

The common sandpiper occurs on rivers and lake shores. A small, restless bird, brown above, white below, it has a clear and rapid call as it flies, its wings vibrating like a tuning fork.Mallard are to be seen at any time by the landings at Daren\'t water. The yellowhammer occurs in tousled areas. Notice the canaryyellow breast, contrasting with the chestnut of the back. The song has been interpreted as \'a little bit of bread and no cheese\'. Wintering birds on Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite include whooper swans, goosanders, pochard and tufted duck.
Bassenthwaite Lake has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

In winter a species count may include whooper swan, widgeon, golden eye and pilchard, and also two \'sawmills\', these being the red breasted merganser and goosander. You would be unlucky not to see some of the graylag geese that nest in this area and around Derwentwater. To the south of Bassenthwaite Lake, which is indeed the fourth largest lake in the region, lies Braithwaite Bog, ranging from mire and reed bed to scrubland. In winter, the reed beds are the haunt of water rail and occasional bittern. The nesting birds include the yellow wagtail, also sedge and grasshopper warblers.

The jay, a shy member of the crow family, does not flaunt its bright plumage, which includes pink and blue. If you catch a glimpse of it, notice the black and white markings on the head and tail. The bird\'s call is an unappealing screech. The buzzard, which is brown overall with broad wings, circles and mews over deciduous woodland where it nests. When hungry, it tends to perch and drop on unsuspecting small mammals that appear to view.

The robin, a familiar bird in gardens, is one of the species long associated with woodland. Its appearance is well known; the song, which is heard most times in the year, is winsome, fervent in spring with an upsurge in autumn.Members of the titmouse family haunt the winter woodlands like little acrobats, and a mixed flock might contain a tree creeper, which looks like a little mouse as it hugs the bark of a tree and moves upwards in a jerky fashion, probing for insect food in the cracks with a slightly deserved bill that looks as fine as a needle. The great tit has a bold black stripe down its yellow breast, and a two note song that reminds the authors of someone using a squeaky saw. The blue tit is known to everyone as a regular visitor to garden and bird table. A woodland species of distinction is the coal tit, the smallest of the family. The pattern on the head is easily recognizable, there being a black cap and white cheeks.

In areas of ancient timber, the redstart is to be seen. Notice the grey back, chestnut breast, black cheeks and most noticeable the fiery tail after which it is named. In oak woodland like Johnny Wood, towards the head of Borrowdale, or beside Derwentwater, you may hear, in springtime, the loud errand boy type of whistle of the nuthatch, a bird that can walk up and down the trunk of a tree with equal ease because of the arrangement of its feet. The nuthatch is bluegrey above, chestnut below, and with a prominent black eye stripe. The uncommon hawfinch and the green woodpecker occur in the rather less well wooded countryside by Bassenthwaite Lake. The green woodpecker\'s call described as a \'baffle\'s loud and distinctive.

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