Dave and I had gone to Rutland
Water today to help with the monthly wildfowl count as several of the regular
counters were absent. We carried out the
count in the western end of the north arm and the fishponds.
There were plenty of wildfowl
in the north arm, mainly Wigeon and Tufted Duck but there were also smaller
numbers of Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose, Gadwall, Teal and
Mallard. There was also a single Pintail
and the ten Barnacle Geese on the north shore.
As we approached the fishponds a large concentration of ducks, mainly
Wigeon and Gadwall departed and so we had to estimate these. There was still quite a few wildfowl present
including Mute Swan; Canada Goose; Egyptian Goose; Teal; Mallard and Shoveler
and there was also seventeen Pintail.
Three Little Egrets, a Green Sandpiper and Greenshank were also recorded
and a Great Spotted Woodpecker was observed in the area of the fishponds.
Having completed the count we
visited the Egleton Reserve and had four Little Egrets on lagoon one and a
Hobby hawking over the lagoon. A
Black-necked Grebe was present on lagoon three and twelve Little Egrets were
counted on lagoon two. A Buzzard was
also observed over lagoon three and a Green Woodpecker was heard calling
nearby. Lagoon four was very quiet with
four Pintail being the best.
It would appear that most of
the waders present recently had departed over the last few days.
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