Friday 26 April 2013

Moorland Round-up

Winscar Reservoir - c30 Canada Geese, c70 Mallards, 3+ Oystercatchers sitting, 15+ Black-headed Gulls (4+ looked to be sitting), 1 third-year Lesser Black-backed Gull and 2 Common Sandpipers
Snailsden Reservoir - 1 Common Redshank and 1 Common Sandpiper.
Broadstones Reservoir - 2 Mallards, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 2 Moorhens
Ingbirchworth Reservoir - 16 Mallards, 2 Tufted Ducks, a pair of Great Crested Grebes, two pairs of Little Grebe, 3 Moorhens,  six pairs of Coot, 2 Swifts, 50+ Barn Swallows and c5 House Martins.
Midhope Reservoir - 8 Greylag Geese, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 9 Mallards, two pairs of Teal, 2 Little Grebes and 2 Moorhens

Couldn't resist taking this shot of a female Red Grouse on the way home.

Female Red Grouse at Whitwell Moor

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