I was at Rutland Water today
to assist in the wildfowl count and was joined by Erik to count South Arm
Three.
Whilst we were waiting for the
fog to clear near the cottage we had a Green Woodpecker and a couple of
Nuthatch. When the fog had almost gone
we all moved off but when Erik and I reached the south arm there was still
thick fog and it must have been almost forty-five minutes before we were able
to start. There were plenty of Mute Swan,
Wigeon and Tufted Duck along with a good number of Great Crested Grebe. Other wildfowl was present in small numbers,
including Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Gadwall, Teal, Mallard, Pochard and a
single Goldeneye. There was also a Ruff
and a Redshank near the Old Hall but there was just a single Lapwing seen.
We went to the north arm to
look for a party of Whooper Swans reported earlier. We found out that Tim and Lloyd had seen them
during their count but there was no sign of them now but we did see the two
Black-necked Grebes. As there was no
sign of the swans we helped Lloyd and Tim with their count. When we had finished Lloyd had found a female
Scaup, which we saw in the north arm and then he found a male and another
female in the fishponds, which we also saw.
We also saw the Great White Egret on lagoon one when I handed in our
count figures but then called it a day.
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