Birds
Most lakes rapidly becoming ice free
3 or 4 male Pintail
c. 390 Coot
3 Common Gull
c.105 Gadwall
c.45 Mute Swan
c.10 Pochard
c.10 Shoveler
2 Snipe
c.570 Teal
c.18 Tufted Duck
c.90 Wigeon
Plus numerous Redwings and Fieldfares
- 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...
- Radley Lakes Sunday 12th December (pm)
All following birds on Thrupp Lake. (Thrupp Lake ice free along its western side, all other lakes frozen). 2 male and 1 female Goosander 3 male and 1 female Pintail c.490 Coot c.50 Gadwall 24 Mute Swan c.20 Pochard c.815 Teal (of which c.322 in photo)...
- 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...
- Radley Lakes Saturday 13th November
3 Water Rail 1 Cetti’s Warbler 1 Green Sandpiper 22 Lapwing c.350 Coot 6 Little Grebe 1 Common Gull 10 Pochard c.60 Shoveler c.85 Wigeon c.50 Gadwall c.45 Mute Swan c.40 Teal c.20 Tufted Duck...
- Radley Lakes 30th October (am)
c.60 Wigeon c.180 Teal c.25 Tufted duck c.30 Shoveler c.50 Gadwall c.45 Mute swan c.360 Coot 6 Cormorant 2 Pochard 3 Little grebe 1 Common gull 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Water rail 1 Sparrowhawk...
Birds
Radley Lakes Saturday 4th December (pm)
Most lakes rapidly becoming ice free
3 or 4 male Pintail
c. 390 Coot
3 Common Gull
c.105 Gadwall
c.45 Mute Swan
c.10 Pochard
c.10 Shoveler
2 Snipe
c.570 Teal
c.18 Tufted Duck
c.90 Wigeon
Plus numerous Redwings and Fieldfares
- 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...
- Radley Lakes Sunday 12th December (pm)
All following birds on Thrupp Lake. (Thrupp Lake ice free along its western side, all other lakes frozen). 2 male and 1 female Goosander 3 male and 1 female Pintail c.490 Coot c.50 Gadwall 24 Mute Swan c.20 Pochard c.815 Teal (of which c.322 in photo)...
- 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...
- Radley Lakes Saturday 13th November
3 Water Rail 1 Cetti’s Warbler 1 Green Sandpiper 22 Lapwing c.350 Coot 6 Little Grebe 1 Common Gull 10 Pochard c.60 Shoveler c.85 Wigeon c.50 Gadwall c.45 Mute Swan c.40 Teal c.20 Tufted Duck...
- Radley Lakes 30th October (am)
c.60 Wigeon c.180 Teal c.25 Tufted duck c.30 Shoveler c.50 Gadwall c.45 Mute swan c.360 Coot 6 Cormorant 2 Pochard 3 Little grebe 1 Common gull 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Water rail 1 Sparrowhawk...