Birds
A quick trip to Radley before the snow set in (or so I thought); in the end visibility quite poor on Thrupp Lake and most birds look the same when sat huddled together and covered in snow! But managed to get the following:
1 Bewick's swan (flew off with 10 Mutes)
34 Mute swan
c.900 Teal
c.440 Coot
c.30 Tufted ducks
3 Canada geese
1 Common gull
1 Grey heron
1 Great crested grebe
Plus uncounted Shovelers, Pochard, Mallard, Gadwall and Moorhen
PM
Bewick's swan back again before sunset
also: two male Pintail
c.25 Gadwall
c.10 Pochard
c.10 Lapwing
3 Wigeon
- Otmoor Webs Totals 22/2
Black-headed gull- 39Canada goose- 278Coot- 165Cormorant- 1Curlew- 2Gadwall- 50Golden plover- 3797Great crested grebe- 2Grey heron- 4Greylag goose- 197Lapwing- 4771Little grebe- 1Mallard- 140Moorhen- 19Mute swan- 10Oystercatcher- 1Pintail- 100Pochard-...
- Otmoor Webs Totals, 18/1
Bittern- 1 Black-headed gull- 245 Canada goose- 359 Coot- 72 Cormorant- 5 Gadwall- 36 Golden plover- 3129 Great crested grebe- 2 Grey heron- 3 Greylag goose- 134 Kingfisher- 2 Lapwing- 3033 Lesser black-backed gull- 3 Mallard- 186 Moorhen- 2 Mute swan-...
- 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...
- Rspb Otmoor Webs Count 3rd Feb
Mute swan 55, Greylag goose 243, Canada goose 329, Wigeon 3421, Gadwall 20, Teal 2197, Mallard 154, Pintail 184, Shoveler 255, Pochard 52, Tufted duck 29, Great crested grebe 1, Cormorant 3, Grey heron 5, Moorhen 3, Coot 153, Golden plover 3740, Lapwing...
- Radley Lakes Monday 22nd November
2 Red-crested Pochard (pair) c.380 Coot 35 Lapwing c.60 Teal c.95 Gadwall c.20 Pochard c.47 Mute Swan c.70 Wigeon c.15 Tufted Duck c.40 Shoveler 1 Common Gull c.40 Fieldfare...
Birds
Radley Lakes Saturday 18th December
A quick trip to Radley before the snow set in (or so I thought); in the end visibility quite poor on Thrupp Lake and most birds look the same when sat huddled together and covered in snow! But managed to get the following:
1 Bewick's swan (flew off with 10 Mutes)
34 Mute swan
c.900 Teal
c.440 Coot
c.30 Tufted ducks
3 Canada geese
1 Common gull
1 Grey heron
1 Great crested grebe
Plus uncounted Shovelers, Pochard, Mallard, Gadwall and Moorhen
PM
Bewick's swan back again before sunset
also: two male Pintail
c.25 Gadwall
c.10 Pochard
c.10 Lapwing
3 Wigeon
- Otmoor Webs Totals 22/2
Black-headed gull- 39Canada goose- 278Coot- 165Cormorant- 1Curlew- 2Gadwall- 50Golden plover- 3797Great crested grebe- 2Grey heron- 4Greylag goose- 197Lapwing- 4771Little grebe- 1Mallard- 140Moorhen- 19Mute swan- 10Oystercatcher- 1Pintail- 100Pochard-...
- Otmoor Webs Totals, 18/1
Bittern- 1 Black-headed gull- 245 Canada goose- 359 Coot- 72 Cormorant- 5 Gadwall- 36 Golden plover- 3129 Great crested grebe- 2 Grey heron- 3 Greylag goose- 134 Kingfisher- 2 Lapwing- 3033 Lesser black-backed gull- 3 Mallard- 186 Moorhen- 2 Mute swan-...
- 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...
- Rspb Otmoor Webs Count 3rd Feb
Mute swan 55, Greylag goose 243, Canada goose 329, Wigeon 3421, Gadwall 20, Teal 2197, Mallard 154, Pintail 184, Shoveler 255, Pochard 52, Tufted duck 29, Great crested grebe 1, Cormorant 3, Grey heron 5, Moorhen 3, Coot 153, Golden plover 3740, Lapwing...
- Radley Lakes Monday 22nd November
2 Red-crested Pochard (pair) c.380 Coot 35 Lapwing c.60 Teal c.95 Gadwall c.20 Pochard c.47 Mute Swan c.70 Wigeon c.15 Tufted Duck c.40 Shoveler 1 Common Gull c.40 Fieldfare...