Monday, 24 December 2018

Carlton Marsh

Kingfisher and Coal Tit were amongst the birds caught this morning. Also present Great Spot and Green Woodpecker (CG).

The wader scrape was full to capacity after recent heavy rain. 3 Cormorants, Little Egret, 2 Shoveler, 3 Herring Gulls and a Fox. (Chris Parkin)

This afternoon 46 Gadwall,15 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 150 BH Gulls, 10 Common Gulls, 40 Herring Gulls were all on the wader scrape. As dusk approached c500 BH Gulls headed north to the Wintersett roost. A Buzzard came in at 15.20hrs and 6 Yellow Buntings came it roost at 15.30hrs. 8 Pied Wagtails flew SW heading for the roost at Ardagh glass? and a pair of Tawny Owls flew across the scrape at dusk. (Dave Smith)

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