Walk around the reserve this afternoon birds seen as follows Goosanders 8 Black headed gulls loads Tufted duck Mallard 8 Chaffinch 6 Cormorant 1 Mute swan 2 Canada goose 7 Coot 6 Carrion crow 4 Woodpigeon 6 Starling 6 Moorhen 4 Blackbird 4 Blue tit 2
Judith Smith said
Sat Aug 30 2:26 PM, 2008
Couldn't find this today.
Annette Cutts said
Fri Aug 29 3:57 PM, 2008
One red necked grebe in non breeding plumage at 1.30pm on the main lake at Doffcocker today. Was very flighty. Watched it fly half the length of the lake and was unsettled. Lost it as I watched 40+ Tufted ducks fly in and despite extensive searching could not find it again. Record shots were taken.
Was also stood with a carp fisherman when his alarms went off. he reeled it in to find a male Tufted duck on the end of it. I managed to rescue it from the landing net and release it unharmed but it was quite distressing to watch it struggle as it was brought it :(
Goosanders 8
Black headed gulls loads
Tufted duck
Mallard 8
Chaffinch 6
Cormorant 1
Mute swan 2
Canada goose 7
Coot 6
Carrion crow 4
Woodpigeon 6
Starling 6
Moorhen 4
Blackbird 4
Blue tit 2
Was also stood with a carp fisherman when his alarms went off. he reeled it in to find a male Tufted duck on the end of it. I managed to rescue it from the landing net and release it unharmed but it was quite distressing to watch it struggle as it was brought it :(
-- Edited by Annette Cutts at 16:03, 2008-08-29