Dix Pit 3rd February
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Dix Pit 3rd February


Great Black backed Gull 16
Yellow legged Gull 4
Red crested Pochard 3
Common Goldeneye 10
Siskin 10
Lesser Redpoll 1

All the usual ducks -
Common Pochard/Tufted Duck/Northern Shoveler/Eurasian Wigeon/ Eurasian Teal/Gadwall/Mallard




- Farmoor Early Pm April 1st
Black Redstart 1 Northern Wheatear 1m Sand Martin 13 Rock Pipit 1 Meadow Pipit 6+ Common Redshank 2 Dunlin 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Little Gull 1 ad winter Black headed Gull 1100+ Common Goldeneye 23 Little Grebe 3 Shrike Meadow Eurasian Wigeon 15 Eurasian...

- Dix Pit 6th January
Red Crested Pochard 2 males Common Pochard 71 Northern Pintail 20 Northern Shoveler 86 Eurasian Wigeon 1000+ Eurasian Teal 9 Tufted Duck 50+ Common Goldeneye 15 Gadwall 100+ Yellow Legged Gull 3 no sign of 2 male Smew here or on pits nearby...

- Farmoor Mid Afternoon 11th December
Freezing fog and much reduced visibility. In the gloom made out the following: Falcated Duck 1 Mallard 324 Gadwall 6 Northern Shoveler 2 Common Pochard 16 Tufted Duck 150+ Common Goldeneye 12 Eurasian Wigeon 11 Common Teal 7 Slavonian Grebe 1 Little Grebe...

- Rushy Common 6th September
Red Crested Pochard 1 Gadwall 6 Eurasian Wigeon 2 Common Pochard 16 Northern Shoveler 3 Common Teal 3 Little Grebe 2...

- Standlake Pit 60 26 February Pm
1 Smew (redhead) 2 Goosander (both females) 350 Eurasian Wigeon 51 Tufted Duck 50+ Common Teal 20+ Common Pochard 20 Mallard 8 Northern Shoveler 5 Gadwall 2 Little Grebe 1 Little Egret 10 Lapwing 50+ Fieldfare Waterski Pit 10 Goosander (3 males 7 females)...



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