Thursday 1 August 2013

The Edge 1st August

Wombwell Ings midAM- Present were  3 Little Egret(flew towards Broomhill at 10.15), 3 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 43 Canada Geese, 3 Greylag, 26 Mallard(+1f and 3 young  on Bulling Dyke), 6 Gadwall, 131 Lapwing, 1 Greenshank, 1 Snipe,  1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel and 2 Linnet.

Broomhill Flash late AM- Present were 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 13 adult+17 juv Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 41 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag, 75 Tufted Duck(inc. young), 24 Gadwall, 10 Mallard, 1 Kestrel, 22 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper and 1 Dunlin. Best bird was a juvenile Cuckoo which sat on a fence post near the eastern owl box from 11.10 to 11.20am.

Bolton Ings early PM- Present were  25 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe+3 young, 2 Mute Swan+2 juv, 2 Greylag, 37 Tufted Duck+ 46 young, 11 Gadwall+5 young, 5 Pochard, 5 Mallard, 1 Jay and 1 Kingfisher.

3 comments:

mick turton said...

22 Common Sands ?????

Graham Speight said...

I assume the Common Sand count on Broomhill is a typo and there are just 2 ?

Alan Whitehouse said...

Sorry must be seeing double. Definitely only 2.