Sunday, 13 January 2013

Bolton Ings - 13th January

A cold but bright and still day, temp 1c early on and only reached 3c this afternoon, a light covering of snow on the car this morning. Despite the temperature all the waters were free of ice. The highlight today was c100 Waxwings in trees by the river which flew towards the golf course after a few minutes. Not much else today and as usual on Webs count days wildfowl numbers were low apart from 103 Gadwall. Full list :- Grey Heron 1, Mute Swan 9, Canada Goose 36, Grey Lag Goose 3, Cormorant 2, Great Crested Grebe 1, Little Grebe 3, Mallard 39, Teal 11, Gadwall 103, Wigeon 5, Shoveler 11, Tufted Duck 11, Pochard 22, Goldeneye 5 (1 drake), Goosander 3, Coot 193, Moorhen 4, Lapwing 77, Snipe 1, Black Headed Gull 188, Common Gull 14, LBB Gull 1, Herring Gull 1, Kestrel 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Jay 1, Waxwing c100.

Had a walk onto Old Moor and again very quiet, a total of 23 Pochard, 1 Redshank on Main Marsh, 2 female Goldeneye on Mere and 8 Goosander on Wader Scrape.

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