Monday 22 January 2018
January 22nd
Pochard numbers have dropped now which is normal for this time of the year we only have six birds today one female and five drakes. Jack told me he had a couple of drake Shoveler on Saturday , but no sign today. I couldn't find the Aythya hybrid today but that dosnt mean it has gone either . Great Crested Grebe numbers are creeping up with thirteen present this morning with two pairs displaying already . Two Little Grebe were seen over by the fishermans fenced off area and the pair of Mute Swans have re-appeared again. No sign of the Reed Buntings so far this year they are usually quite vocal around this time . Tufted Duck and Coot numbers seem to be lower than normal that's possibly due to the sailing club starting to sail daily throughtout the winter months , using all of the mere again when they have been asked to leave the left hand corner alone so wintering wildfowl can have some refuge. It seems to be iam banging my head against a brick wall it just seems like fun to use the rescue boat and power all around the mere .
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Steve what time does the rescue boat usually go out? I used to watch a gravel pit in Surrey where they had sailing, but it didn’t get going till 9 am most days so earlier than that the birds were more or less undisturbed
ReplyDeleteSorry only just seen text not every day but about 10-30 when they do.
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