Just one visit to Old Moor this weekend for the roost this afternoon. First stop in the Mere hide where 3 Buzzards were up over Bolton Tip/Reedbeds, one of the Buzzards was being mobbed by an Oystercatcher. Onto the Wath Ings hide via both the Wader Scrape and Field Pool where 2 Barn Owls were showing, one roosting in a hawthorne and the other in the Barn Owl box entrance. The weather today was bitterly cold and felt the coldest this winter. The roost was again good with 8 Little Egrets and 46 Cormorants coming in. Shoveler seemed to be present in good numbers and a quick count revealed 80 birds, up from last week. 42 Goosanders were counted on the Wader Scrape and 18 Goldeneye were on the Main Marsh. The usual Goldeneye was on the Wader Scrape with the Goosanders and another flew straight down the valley.
Other species recorded today at Old Moor were at least 2 Bearded Tits, 2 Cetti's Warblers and 6 Water Rails all on the Reedbeds.
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