Thursday 22 November 2012

The Edge

Broomhill Flash mid AM- Birds present included 6 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Mute Swan, 15 Tufted Duck, 14 Shoveler, 11 Teal, 9 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 1 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye, 39 Golden Plover, 2 Snipe, 7 Common Gull, 3 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk and 1 Mistle Thrush.

Wombwell Ings late AM- Birds present included 1 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 110+ Canada Geese, 13+ Greylag, 28 Wigeon, 26 Mallard, 23 Teal, 18 Gadwall, 12 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 2 Snipe, 1 Kestrel, 3 Pied Wagtail and 8 Meadow Pipit.

1 comment:

Young Nudger said...


Really low duck numbers.
For example, only 28 Wigeon - there should be at least 10x that number.
Does this reflect generally on low numbers elsewhere or is it just Wombwell Ings that has the problem?