Birds
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 12
Great Cormorant 29
Greylag Goose 350+
Common Sandpiper 1 far side of Farmoor 2
Black Audi Birding
- Dorchester Gravel Pits Webs Count 10th March
Little Grebe 2 Gt Crested Grebe 24 Mute Swan 8 Canada Goose 14 Wigeon 256 Gadwall 11 Teal 8 Mallard 60 Shoveller 67 Pochard 29 Tufted Duck 216 Goldeneye 1 Cormorant 14 Coot 215 Moorhen 8 Black-headed Gull 41 Greylag 1 Shelduck 1 Common Gull 5 L.B.B. Gull...
- Dix Pit 15th January
Caspian Gull 1 first winter Great Black Backed Gull 16 Yellow legged Gull 4 Common Gull 9 Northern Pintail 3 Common Goldeneye 4 Eurasian Wigeon/Eurasian Teal/Gadwall/Tufted Duck/ Common Pochard/Mallard/Northern Shoveler all present but not counted...
- 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 10th December
Falcated Duck still on F1 in N/W corner at 08:35 (per Dai) Still present at dusk (per Martin Townsend) Also: 5 Egyptian Geese F2 2 Slavonian Grebe F1 3 Scaup F1 1 Common Sandpiper (per Martin Townsend) (c) Terry Sherlock Also LGRE's counts...
- 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)...
Birds
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 12
Great Cormorant 29
Greylag Goose 350+
Common Sandpiper 1 far side of Farmoor 2
Black Audi Birding
- Dorchester Gravel Pits Webs Count 10th March
Little Grebe 2 Gt Crested Grebe 24 Mute Swan 8 Canada Goose 14 Wigeon 256 Gadwall 11 Teal 8 Mallard 60 Shoveller 67 Pochard 29 Tufted Duck 216 Goldeneye 1 Cormorant 14 Coot 215 Moorhen 8 Black-headed Gull 41 Greylag 1 Shelduck 1 Common Gull 5 L.B.B. Gull...
- Dix Pit 15th January
Caspian Gull 1 first winter Great Black Backed Gull 16 Yellow legged Gull 4 Common Gull 9 Northern Pintail 3 Common Goldeneye 4 Eurasian Wigeon/Eurasian Teal/Gadwall/Tufted Duck/ Common Pochard/Mallard/Northern Shoveler all present but not counted...
- 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 10th December
Falcated Duck still on F1 in N/W corner at 08:35 (per Dai) Still present at dusk (per Martin Townsend) Also: 5 Egyptian Geese F2 2 Slavonian Grebe F1 3 Scaup F1 1 Common Sandpiper (per Martin Townsend) (c) Terry Sherlock Also LGRE's counts...
- 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)...