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| Author: | Andy Sims [ Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Swanpool/Boultham mere 06/03. |
A dull, damp and misty morning on the patch was brightened by several good birds:- 76 Gadwall 15 Pochard 18 Tufted Duck 1 Great Crested Grebe 5 Cormorants 2 Bitterns seen in flight, one flew from S to N reeds and one from W to S reeds. 1 Curlew flew over W, this is the first record of this scarce patch bird since one on 1st March 2010 c80 Black-headed Gulls 9 Common Gulls 2 Kingfishers on main drain sluice 1 Green Woodpecker c30 Redwings in birches by borrow pit, several singing 2 Mistle Thrushes singing 1 Nuthatch in wood 2 Bullfinches 3 Reed Buntings 5 Yellowhammers The addition of Curlew and G C Grebe brings my patch year list up to 76. |
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| Author: | Andy Sims [ Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swanpool/Boultham mere 06/03. |
The only thing new today was a male Shelduck on the raft at the mere. This is the first record for the year. |
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| Author: | Chris Grimshaw [ Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swanpool/Boultham mere 06/03. |
Swanpool a nuthatch showed well about 09:30 in the wood siskin 6 goldcrest 3 goldfinch 20 skylark 8 redwing 6 egyptian goose 2 in flooded field sparrowhawk by the catchwater drain On the Mere goosander 2male, 3 female jay 4 |
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| Author: | Anthony Bentley [ Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swanpool/Boultham mere 06/03. |
What's your Patch life list Andy? |
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