Birds
Rushy Common 6th September
Red Crested Pochard 1
Gadwall 6
Eurasian Wigeon 2
Common Pochard 16
Northern Shoveler 3
Common Teal 3
Little Grebe 2
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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 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...
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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)...
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Around Abingdon 27th November
Radley Lakes All lakes mostly frozen, apart from most of Thrupp Lake. c.4 Common Gull c.390 Coot c.100 Gadwall c.50 Mute Swan c.16 Pochard c.10 Shoveler c.54 Teal c.13 Tufted duck c.75 Wigeon Wilsham Road Gravel Pits Part of marina frozen, rest all un-iced....
Birds