I was back at Rutland Water
with David to help with the monthly wildfowl count and we met Erik in the
Lyndon car park at 08:00 to count south arm two and Manton Bay.
We walked to the new Shallow
Water hide, seeing six Red-legged Partridge on route, before commencing the
count. The new hide is not quite
finished and is also locked but we were able to stand in front of it without
causing any disturbance. There were
fourteen Dunlin to the left of the hide and we found a pair of Pintail and two
male and four female Goosander amongst the more common wildfowl. A brief visit to Tufted Duck hide to complete
the Manton Bay count produced little else, two Egyptian Geese being the
highlight on the bund.
Deep Water hide seemed like a
good place to count South Arm Two from where there far more birds and we found
three Scaup , two males and a female/immature, and a drake Goosander and there
was also a couple of Redshanks on the far shore.
On getting back to the centre
we observed the feeding station for a few minutes where we saw both Willow and
Marsh Tit and a single Tree Sparrow and also two more Scaup.
After handing in the count
figures at the centre we walked to lagoon three but there was no sign of the
Jack Snipe today, although I did see at least eight Snipe. There were three Pintail, a male and five
red-headed Smew, two male and three female Goosanders and a Redshank on the
lagoon. David was hoping for the Green
Sandpiper but there was no sign whilst we were in the hide and with geese in
the field behind the lagoon we walked back to the centre and then drove to the
fisherman’s track on the Hambleton Road.
We walked down the track to view the field but there was no sign of any
geese and there were only a few Greylags on the water.
We moved to the end of the
cottage road to view the north arm but added very little, the two Barnacle
Geese and another Redshank being the best.
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