Monday 5 September 2016

Ingbirchworth & Royd Moor

Ingbirchworth Reservoir - full list - 1 Greylag Goose; 8 Canada Geese; 77 Mallards; 1 Grey Heron; 3 Little Grebes; 1 Great Crested Grebe; 3 Moorhens; 2 Coots; 1 Common Sandpiper;3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls; c20 Black-headed Gulls; 5 Woodpigeons; 2 Carrion Crows; 2 Goldcrests; 3 Blue Tits; 1 Great Tit; steady passage of c100 Swallows W; 1 House Martin; 5 Chiffchafs; 3 Willow Warblers; 2 Wrens; 1 Blackbird; 3 Robins; 1 Whinchat; 1 Dunnock; 3 Grey Wagtails; 6 Pied Wagtails; 35+ Meadow Pipits W; 3 Chaffinches and 3 Goldfinches.
Shooters in the south fields explained the lack of geese.
Royd Moor Reservoir - full list - 7 Greylag Geese; 1 Teal, 2 Tufted Ducks; 25 Mallards; 4 Cormorants; 2 Little Grebes; 3 Great Crested Grebes; 1 Moorhen; 45+ Black-headed Gulls; 1 juvenile/first-winter Common Gull; 13 Lesser Black-backed Gulls; 2 Stock Doves; 5 Woodpigeons; 2 Carrion Crows; 50+ Swallows (moving S here!); 2 Chiffchaffs; 1 Blackcap, and 1 Chaffinch.
Millhouse Green - 3 Kestrel hunting over High Bank.
Barnside Moor - c20 clowns in fancy dress slaughtering grouse. Kids in tow too - morons!!!

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