Two fully grown, dark brown foxes jumping around like puppies in the field to the left of the gate and only 10 or so yards from it.When they finally saw me after several minutes they gave me a long hard stare and then trotted off in opposite directions.
3 oystercatchers 3 heron (on island) 100+ lapwing (on island) 3 tufted 12+ coot a few mallard and teal 2 little grebe 9 cormorant 50+bh gull & 1 lbb gull
3 oystercatcher today looked like a pair and one on its own. (on its own island) 18 cormorants 100+ lapwings on islands a few mallard, coot, moorhen and jackdaw
Walked round listening to Reading 0 Bolton 2. 2.30pm to 4.45pm.
100+ Pinkfeet in flight heading West. 1 Pinkfoot down with Canadas. 1 Golden plover at Seddon Fold farm with 157 Lapwing 52 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle thrush on Chew Moor football pitches 8 Tufted 1 Grey Wagtail at overflow 1 Snipe
1 Greater black backed 111 Canadas 17 Cormorant 150 Lapwing 19 Golden Plover (after you left Pete) 2 Oystercatcher 18 Teal 2 Tufted 200 Starling A pair of Stonechat along Knutshaw Brook
Nice to see you registered Steve, looks like Rumworth will have coverage never seen before in its history this Spring and Autumn, im facing stiff competition now!
2 Oystercatcher on North island 2 Snipe 7 Tufted 4 Cormorant 5 GC Grebe 1 Little grebe 30 Lapwing 8 Teal 8 Long tailed tit 1 Goldcrest (in conifers near Shell garage)
12 cormorant (too windy to perch on the usual posts, all sheltering on the island) 1 wigeon 10 tufted 7 coot 1 mute swan 1 kestel 200+ bh gull (too windy to examine closely)
4 cormorant 10 tufted 2 wigeon 5 coot 3 mallard 250+ gulls in a compact group in the middle but as I couldn't stop my eyes watering in the strong, bitter wind, all I could conclude was that they were mainly black headed!
Merlin is a very good record Simon, so good infact that Phil 'Rummy' Rhodes himself has only had one record there before , due to shift work lately though he hasn't managed to get there all week and he can't remember last time that occurred!
17 cormorants at 11.30 this morning, the most I have ever seen on Rumworth, 16 on the edge of the island and just one on the more usual posts.
This is bad news for the Royal Ashton Angling Society, who have managed the water for over 100 years and who are now struggling for members largely due to fish loses through the beaks of cormorants!
The vegetation on the islands has been stripped to a minimum, and new shingle has been deposited ready for next seasons breeders. A tremendous improvement ! (Pennington take note ! ! !)