Friday, 11 January 2013

The Edge

Broomhill Flash mid AM- Birds present included 2 Cormorant, 20 Mallard ,15 Tufted Duck, 11 Teal, 9 Pochard, 2m+1f Goldeneye, 2 Wigeon, 2 Shoveler, 4 Common Gull and 1 Green Sandpiper. A skein of c.150 Pink-footed geese flew west at 9.50am.

Bolton Ings late AM- On the open water were 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Grebe, 4 adult +4 juv Mute Swan, 80 Gadwall, 42 Pochard, 13 Mallard, 13 Tufted Duck, 1m+3f Goldeneye, 5 Shoveler, 4 Teal,  1 m Goosander and 14 Common Gull. Also present were 40+ Lapwing, 1 Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Waxwing(at 10.30am on TPT) and 1 Kestrel. A skein of 70+ Pink-footed Geese flew west at 10.25am.

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