Our ever-keen, dedicated, hardy volunteer WeBS (Winter Wetland Bird Surveys) watchers battled snow storms and icy tracks, to bring us these mid-month wetland counts, after agreement with the contractors.
These will be the last of this winter's counts.
So for your interest ......
Fishers Mill / New Reedbed – Black-headed Gull (200), Canada Goose (4), Coot (27), Great Crested Grebe (2), Little Egret (5), Little Grebe (1) , Mallard (16), Moorhen (2), Mute Swan (2), Pochard (18), Shoveler (80), Tufted Duck (37).
Central Grasslands – Black-headed Gull (2), Canada Goose (10), Coot (12), Cormorant (6), Gadwall (4), Great Crested Grebe (4), Grey Heron (2), Lesser Black-backed Gull (3), Little Egret (7), Mallard (37), Mute Swan (2), Shoveler (2), Teal (24), Tufted Duck (29), Wigeon (4).
Northern Lakes – Black-headed Gull (84), Canada Goose (2), Coot (26), Cormorant (16), Gadwall (2), Goosander (1), Great Crested Grebe (3), Grey Heron (4), Herring Gull (2), Lesser Black-backed Gull (31), Little Egret (5), Mallard (19), Moorhen (2), Oystercatcher (2), Redshank (3), Ringed Plover (2), Shelduck (12), Teal (64), Tufted Duck (46).
We are now looking forward to the new season's visitors