Monday, 15 July 2013

Winscar & Ingbirchworth

Winscar Reservoir - 53 Canada Geese, c100 Mallards + 4 small ducklings and  6 Oystercatchers + 4 young. 
 Adult Oystercatcher at Winscar Reservoir.

 Near-fledged Oystercatcher at Winscar Reservoir

Tinker Hill - no birds, but a photograph to show how abundant and spectacular the cotton-grass is this year.

Broadstones Reservoir - 27 Mallards + broods of 1 + 7 + 3 small ducklings, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 2 juvenile Moorhens on Pottersgate Pond.
Ingbirchworth Reservoir - 29 Canada Geese, 63 Mallards, 32 Tufted Ducks, two pairs of Great Crested Grebes, one with 2 young and new broods of Mallard (6 ducklings) and Coot (2 young & 4 young).
Midhope Reservoir - 24 Greylag Geese, 1 Little Grebe + 2 young and 4 Oystercatchers + 2 young.



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