17 December 2006

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 17/12/2006 at 18:03 . Permalink.

 

Wetland Birds Survey:  

 

The below is a summary of birds seen on the Cleveland Farm complex:

 

2318 birds:    485  Coot; 41 Mallard; 4 Moorhen; 18 Great Crested Grebe; 172 Pochard; 92 Wigeon; 207 Tufted duck; 8 Gadwall; 36 Teal; 17 Ruddy duck; 24 Snipe; 21 Goldeneye; 19 Cormorant; 9 Mute swan; 1 Grey Heron; 3 Canada Goose; 182 Black headed gull; 1 Green Sandpiper; 2 Little Egret; 42 Shoveler; 819 Lapwing; 2 Dunlin; 1 Water  Rail; 103 Lesser Black Backed Gull; 1 Greylag Goose; 2 Herring Gull; 3 Common Gull; 2 Kingfisher; 1 Black Swan; 1 Great Northern Diver  (Gareth Harris)

 

The below is a summary of birds seen on the Bowmoor complex in the eastern section of CWP:

 

2174 birds.   6 Little Grebe; 49 Great-creasted Grebe; 11 Cormorant; 2 Grey Heron; 26 Mute Swan;  76 Greylag;  23 Canada;  581 Wigeon;  2 Gadwall; 30 Mallard;  10 Pintail;  179 Pochard;  191 Tufted; 25 Goldeneye; 1 Ruddy duck; 2 Water rail; 5 Moorhen;  835 Coot; 71 Black headed Gull;  47 Lesser Black Backed Gull; 1 Great Northern Diver.   (Graham and Phil Deacon)        

 

Additional sightings:

 

CWP 68c: 21 Snipe; 2 male Cetti's Warbler; 5 Reed Bunting; 3+ Chiffchaff  (Gareth Harris)

 

CWP 68b: Kingfisher; 2 Dunlin  (Gareth Harris)


CWP 41:  34 Pintail and drake Goosander and a Raven over. (Brian Stretch)

CWP 68d:  Green Sandpiper overhead (Brian Stretch)


CWP 79:  2 Green Sandpiper and a Shelduck (Brian Stretch)

CWP 44: 3 drake Goosander; 10 Red Crested Pochard (Michael Fox; Brian Stretch)

CWP 28a:  Pair of Goosander (Brian Stretch)

CWP 35:  2 redhead Smew; 1 albino Coot; 2 little grebe; 8 Goldfinch (Keith Perkins;  Nigel Pleass; Brian Stretch)

 

CWP 29: 2 redhead Smew;  Green Woodpecker; 17cormorant  (Keith Perkins; Brian Stretch; Nigel Pleass)


 CWP 74: Great Northern Diver still present at 3pm; 2 Goldeneye (Michael Fox; Brian Stretch)

CWP 16:  (at roost)  1st winter Yellow-legged Gull, plus c.200 Herring Gulls,
c250 Common Gulls, 2,500 Lesser Black Back Gulls and c.12,000 Black-headed Gulls (Brian Stretch)


CWP 30: 1 redhead Smew (Nigel Pleass)

 

CWP 104: 74 Coot; 1 canada goose; 4 Great crested grebe; 22 Mute swan; 59 Tufted duck; 10 Mallard; 13 pochard; 6 shoveler; 45 black headed gull; 3 Goldeneye; 3 gadwall;  (Pete Evans)

 

CWP 38: 2 Reed Bunting; 2 Chiffchaff; Song thrush; Treecreeper (Keith Perkins)

 

CWP 43: 2 Bullfinch; 17 Goldfinch; 11 Long Tailed Tit; Goldeneye (2m and 1f); Goosander (1m and 2f);  Reed Bunting (Keith Perkins)

 

CWP 57: 8 displaying Goldeneye  (Michael Fox)

  

CWP 94:  400+ Fieldfare; 51 Long Tailed Tit  (Nigel Pleass)

 

CWP 95: Stonechat   (Michael Fox)

 



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