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RSPB Otmoor Wetland Birds Count 3rd December
Little Egret 1 (Big Otmoor)
Grey Heron 4 (1 Malt Pit, 1 Ashgrave, 2 Big Otmoor)
Mute Swan 12 (2 Ashgrave, 8 Flood, 2 Greenaways)
Greylag Goose 153 (1 Ashgrave, 152 Closes)
Canada Goose 186 (173 Ashgrave, 6 Big Otmoor, 7 Flood)
Wigeon 129 (76 Ashgrave, 3 Big Otmoor, 50 Greenaways)
Gadwall 13 (4 Malt Pit, 9 Reedbed)
Teal 930 (6 Ashgrave, 91 Big Otmoor, 20 Reedbed, 107 Flood, 706 Greenaways)
Mallard 242 (40 Malt Pit, 39 Ashgrave, 47 Big Otmoor, 21 Closes, 22 Reedbed, 21 Flood, 52 Greenaways)
Tufted Duck 20 (Reedbed)
Water rail 1 (Closes)
Moorhen 5 (Closes)
Coot 10 (Reedbed)
Golden Plover 320 (Flood)
Lapwing 378 (2 Big Otmoor, 3 Closes, 221 Flood, 152 Greenaways)
Ruff 3 (Greenaways)
Jack snipe 1 (Malt Pit)
Snipe 54 (1 Malt Pit, 1 Big Otmoor, 52 Greenaways)
The hen harrier was seen yesterday afternoon and at least 3 stonechats are in and around the reedbed.
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Rspb Otmoor Webs Count 14/01/2013
Mute swan: 21 European white-fronted goose: 3 Greylag goose: 172 Canada goose: 263 Wigeon: 1260 Gadwall: 16 Teal: 1305 Mallard: 246 Pintail: 4...
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Rspb Otmoor Webs 2nd January
Total counts from the WeBS (wetland bird survey) 2nd Januray 2013. The breakdown of numbers in each field are also shown: Teal: 834 (102 Reed bed, 96 Ashgrave, 350 Big Otmoor, 250 MOD, 14 Maltpit, 22 Flood)Pochard: 3 ReedbedWigeon: 800 (400...
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Rspb Otmoor. November Webs
The WeBS count for November was carried out this morning. Results, including total numbers and numbers per field were... Little grebe 1 (Reedbed) Little egret 2 (Ashgrave) Grey heron 4 (1 Flood, 2 Greenaways, 1 Big Otmoor) Mute swan 18...
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Rspb Otmoor. Wetland Bird Survey 6th Nov
Mute Swan - 13 (1 Ashgrave, 2 Flood, 6 Greenaways, 2 Malt Pit, 2 Big Otmoor)Greylag Goose - 123 (4 Flood, 119 Closes)Canada Goose - 182 (181 Ashgrave, 1 Big Otmoor)Wigeon - 677 (458 Ashgrave, 39 Reedbed, 143 Flood, 5 Greenaways, 30 Closes, 2 Big Otmoor)Gadwall...
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Rspb Otmoor Webs (unofficial) 29th Oct.
Lapwing 587 (12 Closes, 75 Greenaways, 500 Ashgrave)Snipe 2 (1 Closes, 1 Ashgrave)Golden plover 14 (13 Big Otmoor, 1 Ashgrave)Redshank 2 (2 Closes) Greylag geese 158 (158 Closes)Canada geese 383 (2 Closes, 1 Flood, 380 Ashgrave)Moorhen 6 (3 Closes, 3...
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