Sunday, 29 December 2019

Carlton Marsh

6 Cormorants flew north this morning and 1 adult south later. (Rod Heeley) 14 Tufted Ducks a Kingfisher were present. 13 Stock Doves were feeding on arable land and a Willow Tit called. Buzzard and Sparrowhawk were hunting and a G.S. Woodpecker called.

As dusk approached 3 Water Rails called along with 2 Tawny Owls. Earlier our resident female Mute Swan took flight from the wader scrape and came down in the next field only to be killed, almost immediately by a Fox. ZZ6976 had frequented the marsh from at least 2012, she was ringed as juvenile female at Doncaster on 4/3/2009.  (CG/Dave Standish)

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