17 January 2008
CWP 74: 6 Pintail, 20+ Shoveler, 10 Cormorants, plus large numbers of Wigeon and Tufted Duck. 2 Buzzards overhead. 100+ lapwing overhead. Gareth Harris
Lower Mill Estate: 508 Coot, 79 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 69 Pochard, 36 Red Crested Pochard, 300 Wigeon, 83 Tufted Duck, 39 Gadwall, 28 Teal, 7 Snipe, 4 Goldeneye, 7 Cormorant, 9 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 60 Canada Goose, 13 Shoveler, 5 Goosander, 1 Common Gull. (Total 1272 waterbirds). Gareth Harris
Note: Bird numbers on gravels pits may decrease following high rainfall and during period of flooding, since the flooded fields provide extensive shallow water for feeding. Furthermore, during flooding, higher water levels on gravel pits takes the feeding areas out of reach of many species of waterbirds. For this reason, bird numbers on flooded fields in the Thames floodplain may yieid higher numbers and flock of waterbirds. A this time of year, as water levels vary, it is often worth birding in areas away form the usual birding locations such as waterhay and shorncote reedbed.
Please remember to keep to public rights of way and always seek landowner permission before entering private land.
Gareth Harris
Lower Mill Estate: 508 Coot, 79 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 69 Pochard, 36 Red Crested Pochard, 300 Wigeon, 83 Tufted Duck, 39 Gadwall, 28 Teal, 7 Snipe, 4 Goldeneye, 7 Cormorant, 9 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 60 Canada Goose, 13 Shoveler, 5 Goosander, 1 Common Gull. (Total 1272 waterbirds). Gareth Harris
Note: Bird numbers on gravels pits may decrease following high rainfall and during period of flooding, since the flooded fields provide extensive shallow water for feeding. Furthermore, during flooding, higher water levels on gravel pits takes the feeding areas out of reach of many species of waterbirds. For this reason, bird numbers on flooded fields in the Thames floodplain may yieid higher numbers and flock of waterbirds. A this time of year, as water levels vary, it is often worth birding in areas away form the usual birding locations such as waterhay and shorncote reedbed.
Please remember to keep to public rights of way and always seek landowner permission before entering private land.
Gareth Harris