Birds
Farmoor Res 18th December
Great Northern Diver 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Common Redshank 3
Aythya hybrid 1 (Common Pochard x Tufted Duck)
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Farmoor (dec 31st) 8-10:45
Great Northern Diver - 1 juv appeared in good health and no sign of red twine. Water Rail - 1 Goldeneye - 12 Wigeon - pair Aythya Hybrid - male on F1 still. Bullfinch Aythya Hybrid (c) The Paranoid Birder...
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Farmoor Res 28th Dec
Farmoor Res has re-opened but much of it remains frozen over. Little Egret c20 Goldeneye c20 Shoveler 40+Tufted Duck Aythya hybrid Kingfisher...
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